114{icon} {views}Review of Process I noticed for my own self that I haven’t read through the whole book lately. Have you remembered to keep yourself grounded in context? I think I will listen today as… Read More »Bite 62: We Begin Again: Choosing the Passage and Diagramming
166{icon} {views}Did We Learn About Prayer? When we started this passage, our focus was to learn from Paul and how he prays. How did we do? Were we successful in our investigation? Were we exposed… Read More »Bite 61: Finding Significance in Ephesians 3:14-21
613{icon} {views}Doxology In the good old days when we could go to church in America, we used to hear this word doxology kicked around. Remember? It’s not a word found in scripture, like the word… Read More »Bite 60: Doxology in Paul’s Prayer
102{icon} {views}Paul as an Example As Paul prays in front of us for those in the churches in Asia Minor, we not only get to eavesdrop for the purpose of study but also for the… Read More »Bite 59: What Does Paul Pray?
824{icon} {views}Paul is Praying In our last article, we investigated the Greek word behind power in Ephesians 3:14-21. Now we have some idea about it. Recalling that it is something that needs to be accessed,… Read More »Bite 58: Strengthened in Ephesians 3:14-21
295{icon} {views}More on My Process Yesterday morning, I started studying the concept of power. Of late, I spend about an hour every morning in earnest study before I go figure out that evening’s dinner or… Read More »Bite 57: Power in Ephesians 3:14-21
442{icon} {views}Renewing Your Mind Have I mentioned how much I’ve enjoyed listening to the late R.C. Sproul lectures currently available for free at www.ligonier.org? Yesterday, while throwing pots, I binge-listened to the end of the… Read More »Bite 56: Observing Ephesians 3:14-21
164{icon} {views}Before We Get Started As I’m looking over the verses to see what our next passage is, I keep coming back to this request of Paul to “not lose heart.” In his context, the… Read More »Bite 55: Choosing the Next Passage and Diagramming
309{icon} {views}Application as I Studied Did you notice that I’ve been practicing what I set out to do? I found significance as I moved through the interpretation process. Once I interpreted verses or ideas from… Read More »Bite 54: Determining Significance for Ephesians 3:1-13
120{icon} {views}Another Point to Investigate As I was approaching the aspect of finding significance to our passage, I was summarizing Ephesians 3:1-13. In the summary, I came to the conclusion that Paul’s writing was funneling… Read More »Bite 53: What is the Church?
