Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). I teach middle school. You’re welcome. The last few days, I’ve been in a lot of back-to-school teacher meetings, and … Continue reading
Fathers, do not exasperate your children… (Ephesians 6:4) Awww…but that’s the best part! When I think of the word exasperate, I think of lovely evenings around the table making bad jokes and doing silly voices and causing my daughter such … Continue reading
“Honor your father and mother”–which is the first commandment with a promise–”that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” (Ephesians 6:2-3) Those of you who are paying attention know I already … Continue reading
“Honor your father and mother”–which is the first commandment with a promise–”that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” (Ephesians 6:2-3) Sometimes we honor by looking both ways, just like they … Continue reading
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right (Ephesians 6:1). Parents, you know you love this verse. Plaster it on your kid’s wall…on your kid’s lunch box…bathroom mirror… Heck–plaster it on your kids. Kids, I got a … Continue reading
However, each one of you must also love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband (Eph. 5:33). And, there it is. Remember, this is still in the context of mutual submission. The husband submits … Continue reading
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery–but I am talking about Christ and the church (Ephesians 5:31-32). In … Continue reading
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ … Continue reading
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, … Continue reading
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her… (Ephesians 5:25) Last night Cathy and I went to a movie. It was one of those “One man must save his family from a … Continue reading