Ephesians

Gird yourself with the T-shirt of righteousness, the backpack of faith, the hoodie of salvation.

What does it look like to be angry without sinning?

What does it look like to be angry without sinning?

The growth and the flourishing of the body of Christ is measured by its love.

It’s hard to greet people with a blessing without sounding ostentatiously pious.

Is there anything more embarrassing than believing in a three-story universe?

Pastors face intense challenges—though not necessarily unique ones.

In the company of church members in recovery from addiction, I’m feeling more open to the doctrine of original sin.

It’s hard to see the way God sees.

What if we did asystematic theology?

If so, what did he mean?

While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.

Christ has brought the entire cosmos into submission? Frankly, it doesn’t look that way.

Theology is not popularly understood to be a landscape where dreams are welcome.

What was the earthy taste of river water telling me?

The armor of God and the violence of the Bible

Paul’s surprising wish in Ephesians

If we can be said to have them, we should at least want them to be opened.

Ephesians could be a template for a sermon in the style of a pastoral letter.

Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline