Monthly Archives: August 2022

Identity Check

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   A man named David Rice Atchison was President of the United States for one day. And he didn’t even know… Read more »

Cracked Pots

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   A quarter century ago Tom Smith, a pastor in South Africa, was on the fast track. Using his entrepreneurial spirit… Read more »

When Christ Sat Down

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   There’s a well-worn story about a man who, on his way to work every morning, walked past a… Read more »

Raised from the Dead

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   Shortly before his death in January 1924, a feeble and incapacitated Vladimir Illich Lenin made it clear that he… Read more »

Called to Hope

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of the world’s most spectacular feats of engineering.  It has also… Read more »

Missing Out

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   Does the Bible address every question and issue humanity is facing today? The answer to that question is No.  And… Read more »

In Every Circumstance

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   I grew up in a church populated by stained-glass saints.  Our sanctuary windows featured dozens of them — monumental, brightly… Read more »

Naming God

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   What’s in a name? Valparaiso, Indiana, native Orville Redenbacher admitted that he was a “funny-looking farmer with a funny-sounding name.” … Read more »

Already and Not Yet

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   A number of years ago, Steve Hein, a close friend in ministry, went on a mission trip to Brazil. He… Read more »

The Message of Truth

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Throughout the month of August, we’re taking a close look at 23 verses of the New Testament.  They comprise Ephesians chapter one, which paints one of the Bible’s most comprehensive pictures of what it means for ordinary people to be “in Christ.”   In 1996, the United States Air Force published a paper describing the technological possibilities of controlling the weather. It’s a… Read more »