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When we contemplate who God is, what he has done, and what we will be, we will know exactly for what we should praise.
Every spiritual blessing that God the Father gives, he gives to those who are in Christ. Paul identifies in Ephesians 1:3-14 that Christ is the sphere in which God the Father blesses. How important it is to understand how one enters the redemptive relationship with Christ.
Many have been deceived into believing that grace by definition excludes obedience. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Does this passage prove the Calvanistic doctrine of hereditary total depravity? Not in the least.
Does this passage teach that our salvation is strictly a matter of God’s arbitrary election before the world was made, irrespective of any choice that we might exercise in the matter?
This article explores the interpretation of the phrase “by nature” in Ephesians 2:3, discussing various viewpoints from theologians and examining how Paul used the term in other biblical passages.
Based upon a misunderstanding of Ephesians 2:8, some argue that “faith” is a gift from God, and that it is not, therefore, a condition of salvation. This theory is the offspring of Calvinism. This week’s question explores this issue.
Some Bible students are puzzled that the writer of Hebrews uses present tense forms (8:13) to depict the passing of the Mosaic law. How are these to be explained in light of Bible teaching elsewhere that the law of Moses was abolished by the death of Christ (Eph. 2:15)?
Here are several important references to the church at Ephesus.
Why is there so much religious diversity in the world—or even in the community of “Christendom”? Surely such is not the ideal will of God. Let us consider this theme most carefully.
A consideration of several biblical metaphors used of the law of Moses.
Romans 5:1-2 is a beautiful text, so filled with meaning. Unfortunately, it has been terribly misunderstood by many. Study this sacred passage with us.
In a micro-exclamation of praise, Paul has captured the whole of redemptive history — Heaven’s operations on behalf of Adam’s fallen children. It yet leaves us stunned!
In Paul’s letter to the saints in Ephesus, there is a marvelous platform for Christian unity. In this article, Wayne Jackson discusses the components of the plan for sacred unity.
Was the church of Christ established on the day of Pentecost? Or was it established at some earlier time in human history?
The book of Romans is magnificent in that it reveals so many aspects of the “righteousness of God” (1:16-17).
The book of Ephesians was a letter written by Paul from Rome while he was in prison (AD 60-62). The book develops the theme of "God's eternal purpose" (3:10-11). It reveals that even before the world was formed (1:4), God elected to save a specific type of person (the obedient) based on the merit...
Some preachers talk about the dispensations of the Bible. Then they condemn dispensationalism. What’s the difference?
What is the horrible sin of blasphemy? Have I been guilty of it? Can one obtain pardon for it?
"Predestination" is the idea that God determined something beforehand. The noun itself does not appear in the Bible, but the verb behind it does. The Greek term is proorizo (pro — "before" and horizo — "to mark out, to set a boundary"). It is found six times in the New Testament (Acts 4:28; Roman...
