from Ephesians 3 Imagine writing one of the most encouraging letters of your life from a prison cell. That's exactly what Paul did when he wrote to the church in Ephesus. He was locked up; the Roman Empire was at the height of its power; and the Christians he was writing to were scattered in small house churches throughout one of the busiest, most cosmopolitan cities in the ancient world. They were worried. Their founder was behind bars. The odds were stacked against them. Th

Based on Ephesians 2:11-22 There's a phrase most of us have heard, probably on a meme: "My body is a temple." It gets used to justify healthy eating, justify not healthy eating, and everything in between. But it raises a genuinely important question. What do we actually mean when we say "temple"? Here's a working definition worth holding onto: a temple is the unique location where God's space (heaven) and human space (earth) overlap. It's the meeting point between God and hu

1. The Breathtaking View from "Inspiration Point" If you’ve ever stood at Inspiration Point in Yosemite, you’ve experienced the "breathtaking panorama" that silences the soul. Interestingly, when the scholar Mark Roberts reflects on this vista, he notes that while the "Point" offers the view, the actual High Sierra peaks are fifty miles away. You are standing in one place, yet your eyes are drinking in a reality that spans the horizon. The Apostle Paul opens his letter to the

Ephesians 1:3-14 | Palm Sunday Did you know that children between the ages of 2 and 5 ask an average of 200 to 300 questions per day? Over those few years, a child will ask more than 40,000 questions. No wonder new parents are exhausted. But here's what's interesting: even as adults, some questions remain unanswered. Scientists still don't fully understand why we cry, why we laugh, why we sleep, or why we dream. We don't understand how anesthesia works, what causes déjà vu, o