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Ephesians
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Word Gifts and Christ’s Body—Ephesians 4:11-13 (part 1)
There is much talk about the gifts listed in Ephesians 4:11. In context, however, these gifts appear, like…
Blessed professions—Ephesians 4:11-13
Some of us are sometimes tempted to think that God uses only ministers in the more technical sense.…
Enthroned above the powers—Ephesians 1:20-23
Today, at least in the West, most of us do not ordinarily think of spiritual powers influencing nations.…
Resisting the Devil—Ephesians 2:1-3
The Dead Sea Scrolls present every human action as caused by either the Spirit of Truth or the…
Indonesian seminar on miracles, 7.3
24 minutes, in English and Bahasa; spiritual warfare, spirits, etc.
YOU’re a minister (77 seconds)
77-second video (or if you’d rather read, the text follows): In Ephesians 4:11-13, the job of ministers of…
Racial and ethnic reconciliation
Craig was invited to speak on this at Asbury Seminary Chapel some time ago. This seems a good…
Scripture challenges racism
Craig was invited to preach and address race issues in a forum with Christena Cleveland of Duke, and…
Feel alienated from church?
Some people don’t attend church because they were hurt by the church. That’s understandable, especially if you had…
Mutual Submission—Ephesians 5:21
Sometimes Paul gets a bad rap. The Slave Narratives are replete with sentiments from former slaves who loved…
The Temple in the New Testament–and ethnic reconciliation
NT teaching on the temple helps us understand how God cares about all peoples. It therefore also has…
The whole armor of God–Ephesians 6
There are various dimensions of what people often call “spiritual warfare,” but one dimension we sometimes miss is…
How do we imitate God?—Ephesians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 11:1; and other passages
What does Eph 5:1 mean when it exhorts us, “Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children” (NIV)?…
Slaves and slaveholders—Ephesians 6:5-9
Early U.S. slaveholders did not want slaves to hear the gospel because they feared that the slaves would…
The down payment—2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:13-14
Did you know that we have already begun to taste the future world? We are visitors in this…