Faith Improvised

In this episode I talk about the beginning of Paul's exhortations beginning in Ephesians 4:1.

In this episode, I finish talking about the first half of Ephesians by discussing the prayer report and doxology in 3:14-21.

In this episode I talk about the Old Testament narratives that shaped how Paul speaks about his apostleship and incarceration in Ephesians 3.

In this episode, I talk about how Paul theologically configures his apostleship in terms of his cosmic privileges set alongside the realities of his incarceration.

In this episode, I continue to draw out the logic of Paul's digression in Ephesians 3:2-13.

In this episode, I answer some questions about the problematic language of "divine combat" when considered against the history of Christian triumphalism, and I begin talking about Paul's autobiographical section in Ephesians 3.

In this episode, I finish talking about the second cycle of divine combat Paul narrates in Ephesians 2:11-22.

In this episode, I talk about the second half of Ephesians 2 and the second cycle of conflict-victory Paul elaborates there.

In this episode, I talk about Eph 2:1-10, the first cycle of divine warfare Paul elaborates after writing about God's victory in Christ in 1:20-23.

In this episode I talk about a few books I've read recently, and I begin talking about how Paul unfolds God's triumphs in terms of divine combat in Ephesians 1-2.