Tag: Ephesians

• Renew My Mind?

  

  In Ephesians, Paul tells us we need to renew our minds; be more Christ-like. We need to bring our thoughts into alignment with His. The NIV Bible version says, “… to be made in the new attitude of your minds.” Eph. 4:23. Renew my mind? Absolutely. It’s not presented by Paul as an option. How?…

  Beloved, brain, Christmas, Ephesians, Ephesians 4:23, limbic, love, macro, micro, Neuroscience, Ordeal, Renew, Restart, Rewire, sacrificial

• Mars vs Venus

  

  SPOILER ALERT: Major oversimplification ahead in order to make a point! Most of us have heard about the Mars & Venus issue. Mars is rough and tough and his only job is “laying that Mastodon at the feet of his woman.” He gets to growl and roar and strut and expects Venus to throw him…

  Adam, Adonai, Eden, Ephesians, fantasy, intimacy, intimate, Mars, Mastadon, promise, reality, regret, tranparent, Venus, vulnerable, Whole

• The “Journey”

  

  If you’ve read “Our Story“ then you have some idea where my Journey began and when it turned to hope and freedom.  Because of space limitations Our Story is severely edited.  If you spend much time in my blog posts then you’ll begin to piece together the details of our Journey.  I, Greg, write almost…

  Ephesians, Father, freedom, Glory, heart, Journey, liar, love, Mercy, miracle, Philippians, Prodigal, Romans, Set Free

• Worship As Warfare

  

  I got a little jolt in my understanding this week as I sat in “worship” on Sunday.  Believe me, I won’t do justice to the topic here so if you want to get your own jolt, assuming this isn’t something you’re already aware of, you can see the sermon here. I’ve always known, well, heard…

  armor, arrows, battle, darkness, Ephesians, Grace, honor, inerrant, Most High God, warfare, worship

• Focus

  

  This week’s blog took a really wide and circuitous route before coming around to this topic.  Last night’s 7 Pillars group also helped me settle into it.  Thank you, Gentlemen.  The lesson has one of my all time favorite (true) stories in it (7 Pillars of Freedom, Pillar 3, Lesson 1, pg. 80.  See Book…

  A Grace Disguised, addict, amputation, catastrophic, Drunk Driver, Ephesians, Focus, Gerald Sittser, hope, idols, Matthew, nightmare, Philippians, Romans, Sunrise

• SEX: Need, Want or Gift? Part II

  

  This is Part II of last week’s blog.  You may want to catch up with that blog first. I admitted last week that I am going to ruffle some feathers with this blog.  I don’t do so for the sake of ruffling.  But it’s usually God’s ruffling that initiates change, so, I’m ruffling. I submit…

  celibacy, Ephesians, Focus On The Family, Gift, lust, Need, One Minute Apologist, transparency, vulnerable, Want, Weiss

• Ephesians 5:21ff

  

  I wrote this as an email to a Pastor friend of mine when he asked me how I view this particular passage now that I’m out of my addiction; he needed it for a sermon he was preparing. “Ben (not his real name) – I am no theologian. You know this. You’ve asked me for the “Rest of the…

  crushed, Ephesians, intimacy, shattered, submission