The first post is always difficult to write as I don’t know who will be reading. No doubt the first audience will be brothers and sisters and friends I have known in the past, now in different parts of the world. Greetings to all of you in the Lord! It is nice to be connected with you this way. I trust that the Lord has been with you all these years. May he continue to be with us in the years to come!<\/p>\n
I am going to just introduce this blog briefly. As with my other blog (written in Chinese), this one will also be related to Bible Study, perhaps a little less technical. On the other blog, I might have subconsciously assumed that my readers are seminary students or students of the Bible in some way. I will not assume so on this blog. I could be wrong, and I hope I am wrong, but I feel that there is a tremendous need for interpretation and application of the Bible for people on all levels of Biblical literacy.<\/p>\n
Also, on the other blog, although I was using blogging software, the content is primarily formal Bible studies. On this blog I might actually “talk.”<\/p>\n
I am going to start with a book study, and I have picked the book of Ephesians. If time permits, however, I will go with two threads at the same time because there are plenty of issues that we Christians are facing and handling, and sometimes we cannot just push\u00a0them aside.<\/p>\n
If you did not know me in the past, it is terribly difficult to introduce oneself in a short blog post, but the blog is not really about me. It is about God and Bible Study, so I hope you will stay, and let us journey together through the book of Ephesians.<\/p>\n
May the Lord be with you and bless you!<\/p>\n
Let me close with a verse from the book: “To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (Eph 3:21 NIV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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