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We all love a good advert don’t we? Even if you find the ad breaks on TV annoying, there’s something about a well-made advert that connects with us on some level. Whether it’s old classics like “For mash get Smash” or gentle puns like “Big on quality...

After Paul’s berakah introduction in Ephesians 1:3-14 (see last week’s post for more on that), he shifts his attention to his normal format of prayer for the church to whom he is writing.
Just like vv3-14, this section from vv15-23 is one long sentence. Again, we get the sense of Paul’s excitement overflowing as this prayer just pours out from him! There’s a very simple structure to what Paul prays here:...

Ephesians is probably my favourite book in the whole Bible. It’s so full of rich, theological truths that shape our identity as followers of Jesus!
Even just in the opening chunk of the letter (v1-14), Paul throws in nine massive theological ideas as part of his scatter-gun introduction. The section we read in v3-14 is one single run-on sentence in the original Greek – 202 words, no full stops!...

Have you ever had the feeling that someone is only interested in you because of what they can get out of you?
It’s not a nice feeling is it? Nobody likes to feel that someone is taking advantage of them. Ultimately we all want people to want to know us, not just to be around us because we have something that they want or need....