What It Means for a Church to Be Spiritual
What does it mean for the church to be spiritual? This article discusses Ephesians 2:13-22, to provide a helpful biblical teaching regarding the meaning of a spiritual church.
What does it mean for the church to be spiritual? This article discusses Ephesians 2:13-22, to provide a helpful biblical teaching regarding the meaning of a spiritual church.
This article critically reflects upon recent studies done on Ephesians 2:14-16.
How should Walter Wink's interpretation of Paul’s language of the "powers" be evaluated? This article argues that Wink's interpretation is deeply flawed. Lynch first offers a synopsis of other approaches to put Wink’s approach in context, and then gives a summary of Wink's position.
Relatively little attention has been given to the use of Old Testament material in Ephesians 2:15-22. Suh believes that a careful study of Ephesians 2 points to Paul building his argument on Ezekiel 37:15-23. He seeks out verbal, structural, and conceptual/thematic parallels.
This article contains four speeches that discuss the glory of God in salvation, through the lens of Ephesians 1:3–19 and Ephesians 2:1–10.
Racism is an important social problem. A key passage of Scripture that addresses this is Ephesians 2:11–22. God has reconciled both Jew and Gentile in the New Testament. This has a number of substantial implications in formulating a positive attitude toward race relations. This essay works out the relevance of Ephesians 2:11-22 for a Christian ethics of race.
In this article Harvey makes a distinction between the "with Christ" and "in Christ" motifs as used by the apostle Paul. In studies when the "with Christ" concept is addressed, it is frequently associated with Paul's eschatology. This essay wants to examine the available data and reach some conclusions about how Paul uses the phrase.
In this paper the author considers the function of the genitive construction in Ephesians 2:8-10.
Chapter 1 is a reflection upon what sin is and the consequences thereof, expressed in Ephesians 2:1-3.
This chapter wants to demonstrate from Ephesians 2:1-11 how the grace of God perseveres with his children.
This is a book about the unity of the church of Christ, and chapter 1 is a short theology of the unity of the church. This unity is a demonstration of God’s purpose of cosmic unity. The church further displays the unity and uniqueness of God. The gift of unity is on the one hand a mark of the church and on the other hand to be pursued without ceasing.
The author attempts to emphasize the importance of the Reformed doctrines of grace. He focuses specifically on the teaching of total depravity. It is based on Scripture's teaching that God saved us while we were yet dead in our trespasses (Ephesians 2:1). In the final place, the author emphasizes the importance of equipping believers with these teachings so that they can be able to teach them to others.
This article looking at Ephesians 2:11-22 shows how in Christ God has made the church to be a uniting place. In Christ, the church has become the Israel of God, a people of God not limited by race, colour nor place. Racism can truly be abolished by the gospel, ushering in the new nation where unity and diversity can be celebrated.
Looking at Ephesians 2:1-10, this article shows that the church consists of people whose lives have been changed by God's grace, so that they become doers of good and the portrait of God's grace.