Ephesians Intro, Preview
That picture above is from the lobby at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where my granddaughter was treated for her heart condition. It is a Lego model of the hospital. Perfect idea for a children’s hospital, right?
Yet, how many adults build Lego models? Many! I enjoyed building with Legos as a kid, and I enjoyed it just as much when my kids were young. Now in my 50s, I still love it. Each year we put a Lego train around our Christmas tree, and it is so much fun.
Do you build models? Planes, trains, and more! Just like my Lego train, your models work. They fly through the air, and they chug around tracks.
This week I start a blog series about a model that works. The church! Not a Lego set of a church. Though it would be cool to try to make a Lego version of church buildings. Instead, we are going to learn how the church is a real model. As Bible scholar, N. T. Wright suggests, “The church is a small working model of new creation.”
New creation?
What could Wright mean? For this series, I’m going to be following Wright’s outline of Ephesians, as described in his recent book, The Vision of Ephesians: The Task of the Church and the Glory of God. You might consider purchasing the book and reading along each week. We’ll have one week per chapter of Wright’s book. You can watch Wright talk about Ephesians and his book in this short video.
In the next post, we begin studying this very impactful letter together.
Engaging Scripture 