Learning Ephesians: Two Kingdoms

Text: Ephesians 5:5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.  Paul, while discussion about the children of light in this chapter, very well establishes the distinction between Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan, differently put, kingdom of light and kingdom of darkness. And the partaker of the kingdom of God is non another than the child of God, in this chapter, however,...

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Lessons from Colossians 2:2-6

TEXT: COLOSSIANS 2:2-6  Colossians 4:2-6 (ESV) 2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may...

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Book Review: Our Idea of God: An Introduction to Philosophical Theology by Thomas V Morris

Year: 1991, Pages: 192 Thomas V. Morris (born 1952) is a former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame; he is also a business and motivational speaker as founder and chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values. He has written a number of other books, such as Francis Schaeffer's apologetics: A critique, Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life, God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason, C. S. Lewis as Philosopher: Truth, Goodness and...

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Learning Ephesians: four Shifts in Perspectives

The letter to the Ephesians is one of the most encouraging and instructive books in the Bible. The Book of Ephesians is home to some of the Bible's greatest promises and deepest spiritual insights. Apart from the Epistle to the Romans, few who have studied Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians would challenge the statement that it is the “Rolls Royce of the epistles.” F. F. Bruce, noted New Testament scholar, calls Ephesians “the quintessence of Paulinism.” C. H. Dodd called Ephesians “the crown...

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Learning Ephesians: four Shifts in Perspectives

The letter to the Ephesians is one of the most encouraging and instructive books in the Bible. The Book of Ephesians is home to some of the Bible's greatest promises and deepest spiritual insights. Apart from the Epistle to the Romans, few who have studied Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians would challenge the statement that it is the “Rolls Royce of the epistles.” F. F. Bruce, noted New Testament scholar, calls Ephesians “the quintessence of Paulinism.” C. H. Dodd called Ephesians “the crown...

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