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
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the church, his body, of whom he is the savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, … Continue reading
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ (Ephesians 5:21). Submission is the essence of relationship. I hate that, but there it is. When we put ourselves first, we aren’t really capable of loving anyone. Our own desires … Continue reading
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:19-20). It’s time for a holiday. I’m thinking Thanksgiving. Look, I know … Continue reading
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19). I remember a Sci-Fi program once upon a time in which the heroes were trying to communicate with Mysterious Alien Race #5. They had a high-tech translator gadget … Continue reading