Stagione 1
Spiritual Warfare is something which on the one hand is controversial, but on the other hand, every believer experiences either knowingly or unknowingly. Join David Alley as he reads Ephesians 6 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
What can we make out of the submission verse in Ephesians, and the context of the even bigger marriage issue that Paul was alluding to? Join David Alley as he reads Ephesians 5 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
There is a lot going on in every chapter of Ephesians, and this chapter is no exception. One high point is the discussion of the giving of ministry gifts in Christ's ascension - including the extra apostles that the church needs, why it needs them, and for how long. Join David Alley as he reads Ephesians 4 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Paul said that he was given a mystery of God's administration, which was that God made him responsible for the inclusion of the Gentiles into God's plan. This was indeed a mystery - an unexpected turn of events - and Paul explains it here. Join David Alley as he reads Ephesians 3 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
There was both an actual wall in the Jewish temple, and a metaphorical racism against Gentiles. Both of these things were a "dividing wall of hostility" that kept them away from God. Paul writes now that "we all have access to the Father" in this chapter. Join David Alley as he reads Ephesians 2 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Join Paul in his letter to the Ephesians as he teaches us a powerful prayer to pray. We also discuss the academic controversy over whether Paul actually wrote this letter or not, and give the simple answer, that yes he did, and explain why. Join David Alley as he reads Ephesians 1 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Apples trees produce apples, and so it goes. If you live to please yourself, with no regard for God, what type of fruit does that produce? Join David Alley as he reads Galatians 6 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Paul talks about how trying to be good enough for God is bondage. LIving under a thousand rules is a type of captivity, but being released from all that legalism is freedom. Why go back to that? But the Galatians were trying to go back, and it made no sense. Join David Alley as he reads Galatians 5 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Paul compares Abrahams experience with Hagar having a son, and his experience with Sarah having a son and shows how one was by faith, and one was by human effort. But only one of these two ways worked how God intended. What do we learn from this? Join David Alley as he reads Galatians 4 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Paul loved the Christians in Galatia, but after leaving they came under the spell of strange ideas - they were bewitched. Paul writes to sort that out. Join David Alley as he reads Galatians 3 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.