When I was in school, I was encouraged to avoid the passive voice in my writing. Why? Because immature uses of the...
In the past few days, I have been examining in detail the verb “to be saved” as...
Last week, we began focusing on Ephesians 2:8, using the question: What does it mean to be...
In yesterday's reflection, we began to consider the meaning of the phrase "For it is by grace you have been saved." We...
Ephesians 2:8 proclaims great news: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith." Actually, it would be more accurate...
What are the most important words you have ever heard? When I think back over my life, I remember words such as...
Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! ...
Each year, I give up something for Lent. When I was a young girl, mom and I would give up chocolate, and every year, at midnight, the moment it became Easter, my mom...
In yesterday's reflection, I continued to look closely at Ephesians 2:6, which says that we have already been "raised up with Christ"...
In the last couple of days, we have been wondering about the teaching in Ephesians 2:6 that God "raised us up with...
Have you ever needed mercy? I expect you have. Maybe you needed mercy when you were pulled over for speeding but hoped to avoid a traffic ticket. Perhaps you made a terrible mistake...
Throughout the past two weeks, we've been hearing the bad news of our condition outside of Christ. We were in bondage to sin, Satan, and the God-opposing power of the world. As we...
When we began our devotional study of Ephesians 2, I warned you that we'd run into a lot of bad news. So...
It's not uncommon for Christians to think of reality as having three layers. The top layer is Heaven, the place of God...
One of my favorite novels is Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo. I was inspired to read this lengthy book (over 1200 pages) by the musical, which I first saw onstage in 1991. The...
In yesterday's reflection, we focused on the glorious sovereignty of Jesus Christ, whom God the father has enthroned "far above all rule...
Perhaps one of the best things to happen among Christians in the last few decades is that we have come to know...
That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at...
Have you ever been in a prayer meeting when someone sneaks in some preaching into a prayer? I have, more times than I'd like to count. I think, for example, of a time...
In yesterday's reflection, I considered the implications of Paul's enthusiastic use of language when he prays that we will know God's power...
