“Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” — Ephesians 5:15–16
On Easter Sunday, 2013, the southbound side of I-77 near the North Carolina-Virginia border was closed for hours following a massive chain…
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” — Ephesians 5:11
In 1966, Congressional aide James Boyd and secretary Marjorie Carpenter exposed documents from the office of Senator Thomas Dodd (Democrat — Connecticut) that showed Dodd used more than $200,000 in unreported campaign funds…
“‘In your anger do not sin’: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry” — Ephesians 4:26
In June 2021, firemen responded to a house fire in Kennford, Devon, England. The man responsible for the fire, John McCorry, was angry about the upcoming sale of his…
“It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith…
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” — Ephesians 4:2
Dr. Henri Nouwen was a Dutch priest who taught at Yale Divinity and Harvard Divinity schools. On the subject of patience he wrote:
“Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until…
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” — Ephesians 3:20
Hyatt Moore of the Wycliffe Bible Translators writes: On November 14, 1983, two American students named David and Ray teamed up…
“I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.” — Ephesians 3:13
Before he was a teenager, Martin suffered from such depression that he twice tried to commit suicide. As an adult, he experienced several bouts of severe depression
He kept…
“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.” — Ephesians 3:12
One of the most remote towns in the world is Grise Fiord, Canada’s most northerly community. The native Inuit name for the town means “the place that never thaws out”. The average…
“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.” — Ephesians 2:19–20
Vatican City covers just over 100 acres. With the entire country…
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility” — Ephesians 2:14
Ginny M. Griffith hates spiders. Nothing riled up the 34-year old Hutchinson, Kansas woman as seeing spiders. She did not have peace in her home…
