Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Jews and Gentile worshipping together? In Ephesus, believers came out of both camps, and racial tensions were high. Paul tells them that it is only through Christ, through the Holy Spirit, that they will be able to live together in peace. Read Ephesians 2:11-13. If possible, read out loud. 11-13 But don’t take any of this… Read More
The first three chapters of Ephesians discuss God’s creation of a Holy community by His gift of grace in the death and resurrection of Jesus. These profound theological truths are the cornerstone of our relationship with Jesus Christ. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:36, NIV It is not that we are great, but… Read More
Those of you who studied Romans with me have experienced the directness of Paul. He is not one who carefully talks all around a subject, but one who goes straight to the heart of the matter. That was true in Romans as well as in this letter to the Ephesians. I want to give us… Read More
I’d like to issue an invitation to you to study Paul’s letter to the Ephesians with me. Instead of only reading through the verses, we will chart what they tell us, state the main message that God revealed to us as we read this today, and doodle–take an idea into our heads and relay it… Read More
We all know people who insist that “it’s my way, or the highway!” Some believe that it’s more important to be right than to get along or that our way of practicing our faith is much better than anything you could possibly think of. Or we think of ourselves better than others because they don’t… Read More
Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go through Christ in order to get things right with God, aren’t perfectly virtuous, Christ must therefore be an accessory to sin? The accusation is frivolous.… Read More
I must confess that my first reaction to the story in John 8, “A Woman Caught in Adultery,” has often been defensive finger-pointing. Me: “It takes two to commit adultery. What are they going to do to the man?” That’s not the point Jesus makes in this story. It’s not: “But everybody else is doing… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 