The text for Sunday morning is Ephesians 4:1-6. What an incredibly rich passage! I thought it of extreme importance to highlight the character qualities that Paul was inspired to communicate in this passage. These qualities are essential for every believer's possession and practice if the church is going to truly and effectively glorify God. MacArthur [...]
While preparing for the message on Ephesians 2:11-22 I came across an important word in the original Greek. I hope that the brief analysis and some highlights of this word's occurrence in other passages enriches your faith and love for our God.Paul is addressing the Gentiles in Ephesus and encourages them to remember their former [...]
I remember sitting in Dr. Brian Richardson's class, while attending Bryan College, and being asked a question about the persecution of Jesus. It was similar to this, “Is Jesus still being persecuted today?” My initial response was “No, how can Jesus be persecuted today while He is seated beside God the Father in Heaven.” I [...]
The last 4 weeks I have been teaching through the prophecy of Hosea. It has been incredibly rich, much more than I ever imagined. In chapter 4 there is a verse that struck me as most profound during my studies. In verse 9 we read this short statement, “And it shall be like people, like [...]
I have been thinking about several things over the course of the last week. Reading Jesus Among Other Gods, by Ravi Zacharias, prompted these thoughts with the weekend's events at the Tomato Show in Fredericktown, Ohio bringing it to the forefront of my attention.At the Tomato Show, Mark Raley and I pushed Lou Jarratt, the [...]
The goal of this blog is to expand the thoughts about praying by the Holy Spirit. Sunday I referred to the "How" of praying being built on the relationship to the divine. That we pray to the Father, through Jesus, the Son, by the Holy Spirit.The question arose in my mind, "What does it mean [...]
Eric,You have inspired me to finally go for this. I am in the midst of taking an E License for Soccer Coaching so I will get back to this sometime this week. May this provide hours of enjoyment for you and the many others across this wonderful planet who have nothing better to do than [...]