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Continue reading →: Comments on Ephesians
Chapter Two As you have noticed Paul uses some long sentences in this letter. That style continues in chapter 2. The main topic of this chapter is God and His gift of grace. Chapter 2, Verse 1 “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins” Paul begins the Ephesian…
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Announcement: Philip’s blog will not be active next week. The blogger will be looking at leaves north of Boston. He will return the next week. Thanks for your understanding.
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Continue reading →: Idaho Love Story
Episode 9: From Sparks to Chuck Neither of us spoke. I looked at her and she looked at me. Slowly our hands extended out onto the table top until they touched. Electricity shot up my arms again. Sally jumped. “What was that?” she said. “Sparks,” I answered. She stared at…
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Chapter 1, Verses 22, 23 “And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.” Every time I read these verses from Ephesians, I have pause to wonder…
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Continue reading →: Jesus and God, the Same
Jesus and God, the Same Jude 25, “…to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” This is one of the most profound verses in the New Testament. It clears up any questions about…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Ephesians
Chapter 1, Verses 19b, 20, 21 “…according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every…
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Chapter 1, Verses 18, 19a “…having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe,”…
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Continue reading →: Idaho Love Story
Episode 8: The Interrogation… Mrs. Day sat across from me in a small chair with arms. She was erect and I thought maybe a little strained as if this whole affair was a little much. She smoothed the front of her dark wool skirt and worked a smile onto her…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Ephesians
Chapter 1, Verse 17 “…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,” One of the things that jumps out of this verse is Paul’s continued reference to God’s glory. In Paul’s…
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Continue reading →: Day-Break
Day-Break (Philip Dampier) Large purple-gray clouds lay heavily upon the horizon As if their weight could delay the new born sun. The sky, not quite sure if it is yet the dawning light Holds, like pearls on gray velvet, the last stars of night. Coppery lights strike the edges of…
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