Read: Eph. 2:1-10 Comments on Eph 2:1-10: In this passage there is a powerful contrast between the kind of life lived before and after their salvation in Christ. Paul starts off by referring to them…
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
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David Thomas is Professor of Practical Theology & Apologetics. He has been a member of the faculty at WWU since the summer of 2001. He served as Dean of the School of Theology for seventeen years (2001-2018). He is now focused on full-time teaching and writing. Prior to joining the faculty, Thomas spent some 24 years in pastoral work in New England, and in Washington. His pastoral experience ranges from multiple church districts to large, multi-staff churches. While pastoring in the east, he taught as an adjunct professor at Atlantic Union College for six years. He has served on many administrative committees at conference, union, and institutional levels. He has been a member of the Walla Walla College Board of Trustees.
Read: Eph. 2:1-10 Comments on Eph 2:1-10: In this passage there is a powerful contrast between the kind of life lived before and after their salvation in Christ. Paul starts off by referring to them…
Read: Eph. 1:15-23 Comments on Eph 1:15-23: Having opened the letter of Ephesians with a more formal, lofty blessing paragraph, Paul reverts to his more usual and personal thanksgiving and prayer report paragraph with which…
Read: Eph 1:3-14 Comments on Eph 1:2-14: Ephesians and 2 Corinthians are the only two of Paul’s letters that open after the initial prescript with a blessing formula that is expanded into a lengthy introduction….
Read: Eph. 3:11,12; Acts 26:9-19 Overview of Ephesians: In Ephesians Paul states that he is in chains (3:1; 6:20). Although it is possible that this is in Caesarea where he was in prison for “two…
Read: Acts 19, 20:17-38 Paul’s Experience in Ephesus: Before coming to Ephesus (Acts 19) to work Paul had briefly stopped there on his way back to Antioch and engaged in a discussion in the Jewish…
Read: John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; 1 John 1:1-4; Phil. 2:9-11 King of Kings and Lord of Lords. When Jesus comes again, what is it above all else that earns him the title of King of…
Read: Matt. 25:31-46; John 13:1-15; Luke 10:38-42 Lord of Our Service. Is it possible to be serving God without ever knowing the one we are serving? Essence of Christianity: Matthew 25: 31-46. Of all the…
Read: Ps. 95:6-7; Matt. 20:25-28; Mark 2:27-28 Lord of Our Worship. Is worship a way or life or is it something special? Worship and the worshiper: Psalm 95:6-7. Where should the focus be in our…
Read: Gen. 2-3; 2 Thess. 3:6-12; Matt. 25:14-30 Lord of Our Labor. When Jesus becomes Lord of our life, do we become ambitious and upwardly mobile, or do we remain content with our state in…
Read: 1 Cor 6:19-20; 10:31 Lord of our Body Temples. How does taking care of our bodies, in the name of Christ, affect our relationship with others? Do we have a responsibility for their temples,…
Read: Jm 1:17; Dt 8:7-18; Ml 3; Mt 6:19-21; 24:45-51; Hb 13:5 Lord of our Resources. If everything in heaven and earth belongs to God, how do we know what is appropriate for us to…
Read: Ps. 127-128; Mt. 22:36-40; Eph. 5:22-33; Eph. 6:1-4 Lord of Our Relationships. When Christ is Lord of our life, do other relationships become more important or less important? Love for God, for others, for…
Read: Mt. 6:5-15; 1 Tm. 2:5; Jn 16:25-27; Jam 5:13-18 Lord of Our Prayers. If, as Jesus said, our heavenly Father already knows what we need before we ask him, why pray? Yet Jesus prayed…
Read: Ps. 19:1-2; John 8:1-11; Eph. 4:15; 25-32; 5:1-2 Lord of our Speech . When Christ is Lord of our life, will the believers words be more gentle, more forceful, more numerous? Or will there…
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