In chapters 2 and 3, Paul continues to explain the mystery of the church, as he did in chapter 1. He describes how God selected the Jews to be His chosen people. But when they rejected Him as a nation,
BSF 2011-2012: Ephesians 2-3



In chapters 2 and 3, Paul continues to explain the mystery of the church, as he did in chapter 1. He describes how God selected the Jews to be His chosen people. But when they rejected Him as a nation,

The book of Ephesians is one of Paul’s prison epistles. An epistle is a letter. And a prison epistle simply means that Paul wrote this letter while he was in prison. The first recipients of this letter were the Ephesians at

Grace is God’s unmerited favor on us. He gives us what we don’t deserve, and He doesn’t give us what we do deserve. In this last part of II Corinthians, Paul focuses on God’s grace in several situations. The one area that

Avery’s birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, and Tuesdays are usually pretty busy around here because that’s Chris’ class night. Thank goodness her birthday also usually will take place near Presidents’ Day. Daddy enjoys that day off from work.

One week later, and I’ve finally caught my breath long enough to post some birthday pictures! First up was the official birthday party. Avery made the guest list, which included everyone on both sides of the family as well as

I could say a lot of things about the content in the first seven chapters of II Corinthians. But there’s one part that really stood out to me this week. It’s the section about Christians being jars of clay (II

In just two weeks, we’ve covered the entire book of I Corinthians! This book is full of so many important truths and doctrines that it deserves a more thorough study. But we have many other letters of Paul to read,

This week we venture into I Corinthians. Paul wrote this letter to the church in Corinth to tell them to start applying the truths they knew. They were living like the world instead of acting differently because of their new-found faith

Did you know there’s a big football game on Sunday night? If not, you should come check out the party in Indianapolis. Our city is absolutely buzzing with the excitement of hosting its first ever Super Bowl! The festivities began

This week we’ve reached Paul’s third missionary journey. This journey was much different from his first two. While those focused on evangelism, this third journey focused on encouraging the disciples in the areas Paul previously visited. Paul traveled to the churches