As Paul continues his introductory, foundational material, he introduces an idea that would have been foreign to his Greek audience—being dead in trespasses. He fuses ideas from both Greek philosophy and the Hebrew Scriptures.

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Erik goes on a little bit of a digression on the nature of language. As someone who is "functionally illiterate" in seven languages, he offers a bit of perspective on how we should read the language of Scripture and how we use reference works and things like that.

Our second episode looks at Paul's prayer for the Ephesians, in particular their continued grounding on the truth of Jesus's power to bring the Gentiles and Jews together in the Church.

As we dive into this new study of Ephesians at Bedford Road, we are launching these weekly podcasts.