Ephesians 3:1-13 — The Mystery of the Church This passage seems to begin as if the Apostle Paul is starting another prayer. However, right afterward he begins an "if-then" statement where the "if" is ...  Read More

  Identification of "the middle wall of separation" in Ephesians 2:14Several suggestions have been proposed as to what this wall refers to. The referent for the phrase could be a physical wall (e.g., ...  Read More

In Ephesians 2:1-10, the Apostle Paul describes the individual believer's change of status. Positionally, the believer was separate from God until he obtained justification by grace through faith. He ...  Read More

Ephesians 2:8 is clear that we are not saved by anything other than because God has dealt graciously with us by giving us salvation as a gift. The way we obtain this gift of salvation is when we recei...  Read More

I recently heard a pastor narrate a story of when he knocked on the door of a notorious mob boss to share the Gospel with him and his wife. His wife received the Lord then and the mob boss did some ti...  Read More

In Ephesians 1:3-14, the Apostle Paul explains all the spiritual blessings that the believers have in Christ. In Christ, the believer has been chosen to be holy and without blame before God; the belie...  Read More

Ephesians is an amazing letter. Its theological content ought to be read and studied by every new believer because it is so foundational to the Christian faith. Yet its theological depth is so profoun...  Read More

Acts 27 — Paul's Journey to RomeWith Paul's appeal to Caesar, the Roman governor Festus had no choice but to send Paul to Rome. So in Acts 27 and 28, Luke records this epic journey for us under the in...  Read More

Acts 26 — Paul Appears Before AgrippaSince his return to Jerusalem after his Third Missionary Journey, the resurrection theme begins to develop in Paul's speeches before the Sanhedrin, before the Roma...  Read More

Acts 25 — Paul Appeals to CaesarThe Apostle Paul's ministry has been marked by hardship from the start. Nevertheless, his time of arrest, imprisonment, assassination attempts on his life, and trials a...  Read More

In 1 Samuel Chapter 7, we read that when the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, learned that they had assembled at Mizpah, they attacked Israel. However, the LORD defeated the Philistines in a specta...  Read More

Acts 22:30-23:9 — Paul's Failure to Reach His CountrymenThe Apostle Paul has been called by the Lord to be the apostle to the Gentiles. And for almost eight years, he planted and strengthened churches...  Read More