The Ephesians society was a centrally powered society. And the power was given to men. Years ago when I was in Africa, my host told me “it is good to be a man in Africa”. It was good to be a man in Ephesus too. One commentator wrote, “Husbands were the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 8, 2002
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Warren Wiersbe, in his commentary on Ephesians, tells about Hetty Green, who left an estate valued over $100 million dollars. That’s not unusual, except she died in 1916, and she lived like a pauper. She ate cold oatmeal in order to save on heating cost. She would not take her son to get medical
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 30, 2002
But Paul prayed a third thing for the Ephesians. He prayed that their hearts would be enlightened to know
WHAT IS THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TOWARD US WHO BELIEVE.
I looked up this word, “surpassing”. It means to throw over, or to run beyond.
After reading that definition I was
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Orthodox
The author of this illustration is G. M. Landis. I have no idea who this person is or was. I had bought a Bible at a thrift store and the piece of paper with this illustration was inside the front cover (this was a hardcover Bible). The illustration itself appears to have been written for a daily
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 13, 2004
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“The Hidden Mud and Leaves!” Ephesians 6:10-17 Key verse(s): 10: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”
We moved to Beech Springs valley some sixteen summers ago now. We had been looking for a place that could afford us peace, quiet and some room for our growing family to
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Lutheran
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 23, 2004
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“Not for Words Alone!” Ephesians 2: 8-10 Key verse(s): 8a: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God . . . ”
Did you ever receive a gift, a gift so unexpected and so exciting that you just couldn’t contain the level of your
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Lutheran
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 2, 2006
J. Calvin said in a sermon on Ephesians May 1558
“Although we cannot conceive either by argument or reason how God has elected us before the foundation of the world yet we know it by His declaring it to us; and experience itself
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Baptist
In Ephesians we are told to imitate Christ. What does this mean in today’s world? Have we forgotten what Christ did for each of us? Has the world pulled us so far away with all of the luxuries and niceties that we have forgotten that Jesus died for us to take away our sin? And that we were told
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Methodist
Contributed by Gerald Albers on Nov 8, 2007
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When I think of the book of Ephesians, I think of the story of the woman who woke up one morning and as she saw her husband getting ready to leave for work she said, with a big smile on her face, “Honey, I’ll bet you don’t know what day this is.” Her husband had a hard time remembering birthdays
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Seventh-Day Adventist
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In Ephesians 6 God directs us to take up our weapons and the full armor of God to fight the enemy. The first weapon we are directed to pick up is a shield of faith.
There are two Greek names for shields used by soldiers at that time. One is a small round shield called an “aspis.” The second
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Methodist
Contributed by Tim Adams on Nov 30, 2009
Ephesians 4:14-17. Have you ever had a child that every instruction you gave them they said back to you “what for?” When I was growing up you might have had the luxury of asking one time if you were brave, never twice “what for.” We just didn’t question the wisdom and authority of our parents.
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
Ephesians 5:15-16, “Be very careful, then, how you live— not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Jesus calls us to “make the most of every opportunity to fulfill His mission and ours.
“D. L. Moody said that his ‘greatest mistake’ occurred
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 31, 2001
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A large family sat around the breakfast table one morning. As the custom, the father returned thanks, blessing God for the food. Immediately after, however, as was his bad habit, he began to grumble about hard times, the poor quality of the food he was forced to eat, the way it was cooked, and
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 29, 2000
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When my mother used to make jam, I would watch her pour wax over the top of the preserves until it was at the brim of the jar. She would then carefully wipe some wax around the rim itself, and place the rubber lined lid on tight. The wax and the vacuum caused by the cooling preserves would seal
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Orthodox
Contributed by Charles Trout on Jan 24, 2001
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A German soldier was wounded. He was ordered to go to the military hospital for treatment. When he arrived at the large and imposing building, he saw two doors, one marked, "For the slightly wounded," and the other, "For the seriously wounded."
He entered through the first door and found
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Baptist
Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 1, 2000
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One New Year’s Day, in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The amusing thing was this float represented the Standard Oil Company. With its vast oil resources, its truck
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
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AFTER CHURCH...
There he stood, in the midst of the Golden Corral restaurant, with Thousand Island dressing dripping from his hair, over his glasses, down his face, all over his jacket, pants, & shoes. And I’m not talking about a little bit of Thousand Island dressing, I’m talking about 2 gallons
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Hamby on May 2, 2001
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Charles Swindoll in his book on Grace puts it this way, "You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here’s how - guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. Fake your faith. Sneak around and pretend your
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