The mind of Christ is the answer for the church. If we are to do what the Lord tells us to with anything resembling a full and willing heart, we need spiritual resources of awakening and real growth that can only come from on high. We know from the...

Paul is counting on the affection of the church in Philippi for Christ, for the gospel, and for one another when he calls them to live in imitation of Jesus. Do they have any joyful energy for the message of the cross? Does the love of the Father...

There are some New Testament letters, like Ephesians, that seem like they could be just as much directed to any church as to the church referenced in the name of the letter. Others, like Philippians seem to have a specific purpose in addressing a...

We have been exploring the Christian way of life that flows from the grace that we have received from God. In this life, we know that we will have sin, yet it is the Lord’s will to sanctify us. The blood of Christ is the power behind our new...

We could summarize the whole story of Ephesians in one sentence if we wanted to: Know God more and more in all His grandeur and grace (1-3), and then act accordingly (4-6). Since the beginning of God’s dealings with man, the root commandment has...