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
BSF 2011-2012: Ephesians 1
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
Little referee
Surprise sectional assignment
Due to the horrible storms and tornadoes that hit southern Indiana on Friday afternoon, some boys basketball sectionals in the area postponed their games from Friday night to Saturday night. Chris had his sectional games on Wednesday and Friday and
The world through Avery’s eyes
For Christmas, Mommaw and Poppaw Clark gave Avery her first digital camera. She loves taking pictures of anything and everything around her. So I thought I’d share some of these photos. It’s fun to see her perspective on her world!
An artist at work
Avery has a blast playing in the playhouse she received from Great Aunt Ann and Great Uncle Ron. In fact, she recently chose to play in her house instead of going to a local university’s basketball game. That should tell you something about
BSF 2011-2012: II Corinthians 8-13
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 third birthday: More celebrations
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.
Avery’s third birthday: The official party
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
BSF 2011-2012: II Corinthians 1-7
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