We’re beginning a new message series on the book of Ephesians at Twickenham this week. You can watch or listen here at 10:00 central on Sunday mornings, or here if you can’t make it at that time.
Why Ephesians? Well, if you’re not a believer, I can’t promise that Paul’s letter will eliminate all your doubts. But if you grasp its message, it will make you wish you believed. There is enormous hope in this book.
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When I was a child, I read the Bible like a child. The only thing that distinguished the heroes and heroines in scripture from the superheroes I saw in Marvel or DC Comics was their costumes. And the comic book heroes were way better dressed than how I imagined their biblical counterparts might have been. Even Joseph’s coat of many colors couldn’t compete with Spiderman’s spandex or Iron Man’s armor. Other than that, though, there wasn’t much difference between, say, Samson and Captain America or Deborah and Wonder Woman. But when I became a man, I had to put away … Read more…
Even without a read-through-the-Bible plan I spend a lot of time in the Old Testament. It’s kind of a big part of my day job. But like a lot of people, I tend to go back to the same passages – or at least the same kinds of passages – over and over. Comforting Psalms, the creation narratives, the Exodus, prophesies of Jesus, the promises of God. It’s not exactly O.T. lite, but it is O.T. soft. That’s why a reading plan is so good for us. It compels us to read or re-read the scriptures we might otherwise avoid. … Read more…
So, someone you love has made a mistake. And not a little one like locking their keys in the car or forgetting to roll the trash to the street on collection day or coming home with a kitten. I mean a life-altering, reputation killing, soul crushing failure. The kind of mistake that requires modifiers like epic or monumental or even monstrous. The kind of mistake that leaves scars and breaks hearts and changes everything. What do you say to someone who is responsible for that kind of catastrophe? Ancient Israel managed to jack-knife a truckload of chaos more than once. … Read more…