In a previous post, I wrote about the easy-to-miss names mentioned in Paul's New Testament letters. But I can't leave this topic without highlighting the one letter that has more unknowns per square inch of ink. It's Romans, where Paul essentially takes all of chapter 16 to name names in the family. Now, it would…
Ephesians 5: Submission, Slavery, & Siblings
Last year, I did a 2-month interim preaching gig for a nearby church. I decided to use our time together by walking through Ephesians. Using a tree as a metaphor, I started by talking about our foundations - the roots of our faith, as found in the first 2 chapters of Ephesians. We then went…
