Philip Dampier's Blog

“So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind.” (Eph. 4:17) Is God approving Paul’s thinking or the other way around? Either way, the verse tells us that they are agreed on…

“…from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.” (Eph. 4:16) The head of the body is Christ. The task of…

“But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head even Christ.” (Eph. 4:15) Lots in this verse. We have a target for maturity. We have a means of reaching that maturity. Let’s look at the pieces here and see…

“As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming.” Now that is a mouthful. Time to grow up. Children are not stable, the writer says.…

“…until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the statue which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” (Eph. 4:13) What is the purpose of leaders and the gifts? They are for…

“…for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.” Eph. 4:12 Christ provides gifts to members of the body for the sake of the body. Those four offices have the responsibility of equipping saints and building up the body.…

“And he gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers.” Eph. 4:11 A quick look at this sentence tells us that there are four gifts for the church being mentioned here. We have examined the first three, and now we…

1. November 4: Book signing at Dothan, AL Barnes and Nobles between 12:00 and 4:00. I will have The Red Shoe, The Old Man on the Mountain, and Can’t Catch Me for sale and autographing. 2. I will begin the rewrite on book 4 of the Robert H. and Tisza Series next week.…

“And he gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers.” Eph. 4:11 This is the list of special leaders in the early church. The church is, of course, the temple of God and at the same time the body of…

 “But to each one of us, grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” Eph 4:7  NASU It is unarguable that we are saved by grace. To that extent, forgiveness was offered to everyone as a gift of God. He sent Jesus to die for the whole world,…