Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20). The cornerstone … Continue reading
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets…(Ephesians 2:20) We’re so silly. We, as a society, have this tendency to … Continue reading
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household…(Ephesians 2:19) You belong. No longer alone No longer an outsider You are family. Now, listen, families aren’t always perfect. They squabble. … Continue reading
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near (Ephesians 2:17). Pace Domnului When I was in Romania many many many years ago, this was a common greeting between the brothers … Continue reading
His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility … Continue reading
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations (Ephesians 2:15). Now wait a minute, … Continue reading
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility…(Ephesians 2:14) Jew and Gentile Insider and Outsider Us and Them Paul is specifically talking about the separation between … Continue reading
I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:1-2). So Easter’s over. It’s Monday. I hope … Continue reading
…because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay (Psalm 16:10). But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself (Psalm 49:15). For great … Continue reading
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones (Zechariah 13:7b). We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD … Continue reading