Lesson 12: Walk in the Light (Ephesians 5:3-14)

April 23, 2025

Parallel to Ephesians 4:17-19, Paul reminds the gentiles that they no longer participate in their past practices, the way of the nations. This is the case because they have been taught by the Jewish Messiah and live in harmony with the ethics of the God of Israel. They are now part of the commonwealth of […]

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On Reading 1 John

January 10, 2017

Though 1 John is anonymous, tradition associates it with the Apostle John or perhaps Elder John who are both connected to churches in Asia Minor in the late first century. Whatever the case (and I will call the author “John”), it is rather immaterial to the themes and meaning of the text. 1 John begins […]

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