Blog about the Law & Gospel: What is the Law & what is the Gospel? How are believers affected by both? What does the Law and the Gospel mean to the unbeliever? Does the relationship between Law and Gospel change once a person becomes a believer? When reading through Galatians and Ephesians the concept of…
Author: Eric Fournier
MEDITATIONS 9: EPHESIANS 4
Chap 4: Outline: Chapter 4 is full of instructions for the believer. Paul takes time to teach believers about how they should act towards themselves, family, neighbors, and community. Going over how to communicate and about how emotions strongly affect them and the community. He urges charity and to abstain from idleness. God’s gifts to…
MARSALA CHICKEN
Marsala is my new favorite find. I was introduced to it 3 years ago when I ate at my first Americanized Indian restaurant. I can’t get enough of its sweet smoky flavor. I roasted a young chicken in my cast iron dutch oven for a hour and a half tonight. The result was a succulent,…
ANXIETY 2
Worry is such a harsh master, It saddles anxiety and rides it hard, What little control worry offers, Yet I’m always quick to worry, Letting it wreck my soul And carve its way into my mind, Taking over and carrying me on a journey, Often with crashing into walls of blank anxiety.
MEDITATIONS 8: EPHESIANS 3
Chap 3: (Forgive this author, he is still looking for his APA manual) Outline: Eph 3: 1 – 6 The mystery of Gentile’s salvation and being brought into the body of Christ along with the Israelites is revealed. It was not made known to people in the past It has now, “been revealed by the…
MEDITATIONS 7: EPHESIANS 2
Chap 2: (Forgive the formatting issues, this author is still learning how to use WordPress.com) Thoughts given at the bottom of the outline. Outline: Eph 2: 1 – 3 What believers were before they were saved by the Grace of God through Faith. Before accepting Christ they were dead in sin as transgressors Following, “the…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The Inventor of the Traffic Light 1923
Have you ever sat at a traffic light and thought to yourself, who had the bright idea to invent the traffic light. Garrett Morgan, Inventor (1877-1963) (Biography.com: 1) This great and innovated man only had an elementary education and a little tutoring before he found himself in a job he loved which would dictate his…
A LITTLE MOTIVATION, A LITTLE STRESS RELIEF
First I want to say to everyone, your great, we’re great, I’m great, everyone is great! We have so much untapped potential and strength. I hope today you can find a way to tap into yours. That said, today was horrible… How many emotions can I have in a day? The last 24 hours has…
MEDITATIONS 6: EPHESIANS INTRO & 1
Intro: There is debate on the authorship of Ephesians due to the lack of introduction as found in all of Paul’s other letters. However, if these letters were written by Paul, he wrote them to be passed around from Church to Church. Speculative, these 7 Churches in Ephesians are the Churches referenced in Revelations. The…