The mid-week Bible study group at our church returns to Ephesians every few years, largely because it's my favorite book in all of Scripture. Being the leader, I get to decide what we'll study.

Ephesians is remarkable, divided almost 50-50 between two trains of thought. The first half of the letter is a magisterial revelation of God's power and grace. It soars into the heavens.

The second half is a back-down-to-earth discussion of what this revelation should look like in our daily lives. If the first half of Ephesians is true, then how do we live that out? It's the nuts and bolts. Do this, not that.

Ephesians is also quite possibly the most reviled and most frequently misrepresented of New Testament letters, or at least one lengthy passage of it is. That's a portion in the second half t

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