Today’s Word

Enhanced Culpability

in whom we have redemption through His blood, forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace   Ephesians 1:7 Sins – The usual word of “sin” in the New Testament is hamartia.  This word means, “missing the mark.”  It carries the idea that a sin falls short of the standard of God’s holiness and…
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On Location

who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies with Christ   Ephesians 1:3 Heavenlies – Where is heaven?  Is it “up there” somewhere, or is it found in the recesses of the heart?  The mysterious location of a place called heaven causes all sorts of speculation.  The word in this verse helps clarify…
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The Buy Back Price

redeeming the time because the days are evil.   Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming – What is your time worth?  Most of us wouldn’t think of this as a theological question, but it is.  We are likely to consider a question about the value of time as a business inquiry, far from the mind of the God of…
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Asset Management

redeeming the time because the days are evil.   Ephesians 5:16 Time – Professor R. Paul Stevens makes an important observation about our usual interpretation of this verse and its parallel in Colossians 4:5.  We think that the word for time here is “clock” time (chronos); time that “can be managed, dissected, digitalized, and processed –…
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Sermons We Don’t Preach

He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is an abomination.  Proverbs 28:9 Abomination – Only a few things are identified as abominations.  The list is not very pleasant.  Idolatry, child sacrifice, marriage to unbelievers, religious activities of the wicked, homosexuality, lying and certain foods make the list.  Proverbs…
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Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom:  she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.  Ezekiel 16:49 The Sister’s Sin Did Not Help – What was the sin of Sodom?  Did you say sexual immorality?  Did you mention homosexuality?  Yes, that’s…
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