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Part 10 of series: Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Until recently, I have never given much thought to what happened to Mary, the mother of Jesus, after His death. I figured that she went to Jerusalem, where James, one of her other sons (or stepsons,…

Part 9 of series: Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series When we last left our series on Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament, the city was in an uproar. A gang of silversmiths, at the instigation of a certain Demetrius, were rioting, dragging several of Paul’s…

Excerpt Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There…

This Week’s Blogging Inspiration from the Pray the Gospels Ephesus in the New Testament The Apostle Paul in Ephesus Artemis and Her Temple Paul and the Silversmiths Inspiring Picture I took the picture below at Andrew Molera State Park along the central California coast, very near Big Sur.

Part 8 of series: Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Now that we know something about the goddess Artemis and her importance for Ephesus, we’re ready to get back to the story of Paul’s ministry in this city. As Paul’s ministry began to thrive in Ephesus,…

Part 7 of series: Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post I summarized the beginning of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus as it’s described in Acts 19. We saw that after first being stymied in his effort to reach out to Ephesian Jews through…

Part 6 of series: Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post I quoted a passage from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians in which he wrote, “But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened…

Part 5 of series: Ancient Ephesus and the New Testament Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Early Christianity was significantly an urban movement. This might sound surprising if you’re used to thinking of Christians continuing the mode of Jesus, whose ministry happened largely (but not only) in rural Galilee. Yet when we…

Excerpt As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. Psalm 42:1 Click here to read all of Psalm 42 Prayer Thank You, Gracious God, for times when life is hard, when I can’t handle life’s challenges on my own, when I realize that my wisdom and my resources…

Excerpt Happy are those who consider the poor; the LORD delivers them in the day of trouble. Psalm 41:1 Click here to read all of Psalm 41 Prayer I confess, Lord Jesus, that it’s easy for me to forget the poor. In my daily life I don’t see them very much because I live in…
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