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Introduction -- Ephesus and the Ephesians -- The church of Ephesus : Ephesians 1:1-2 -- The church we never see -- Church illusions and deceptions -- The miracle of church -- The message to the Ephesians : Ephesians 4:1, 7 -- The axios metaphor -- The Psalm 68 text : "you ascended the high mount ..." -- The blessing of God -- God and His glory : Ephesians 1:3-14 -- Lost in the cosmos -- God's verbs -- God's glory -- Paul and the saints : Ephesians 1:15-23 -- "I remember you in my prayers" -- "All the saints" -- "It is here, we are on it, it is under us" -- Grace and good works : Ephesians 2:1-10 -- Acquired passivity -- Good works -- Works as a form for glory -- The creation of church -- Peace and the broken wall : Ephesians 2:11-22 -- The brambles of individualism -- "A serious house on serious earth" -- The ontological church -- "[Jesus] is our peace" -- The hospitable church -- Church and God's manifold wisdom : Ephesians 3:1-13 -- "I am the very least of all the saints" -- Meshech and the tents of Kedar -- Inscape -- Shadow work -- Prayer and all the fullness : Ephesians 3:14-21 -- "Glory in the church and in Christ Jesus" -- "I bow my knees before the father" -- "All the fullness" -- "The inner man" -- One and all : Ephesians 4:1-16 -- "The calling to which you have been called" -- The language of paraclesis -- Deometry -- Baron von Hugel -- The congregation at work -- Holiness and the Holy Spirit : Ephesians 4:17-32 -- Stalamus chief -- Negative space -- Shy member of the Trinity -- Love and worship : Ephesians 5:1-20 -- "Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold-- " -- The language of love -- "Sleeper, awake!" -- Household and workplace : Ephesians 5:21-6:9 -- Borrioboola-gha -- "Wing to wing and oar to oar" -- Between -- The ark and the tomb -- The wiles of the devil and the armor of God : Ephesians 6:10-17 -- "Stand firm" -- "The wiles of the devil" -- "The whole armor of God" -- "Pray in the spirit at all times" -- "Tychicus will tell you everything". Study guide: The church of Ephesus (Eph. 1:1-2) -- The message to the Ephesians (Eph. 4:1,7) -- God and his glory (Eph. 1:3-14) -- Paul and the saints (Eph. 1:15-23) -- Grace and good works (Eph. 2:1-10) -- Peace and the broken wall (Eph. 2:11-22) -- Church and God's manifold wisdom (Eph. 3:1-13) -- Prayer and all the fullness (Eph. 3:14-21) -- One and all (Eph. 4:1-16) -- Holiness and the Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:17-32) -- Love and worship (Eph. 5:1-20) -- Household and workplace (Eph. 5:21-6:9) -- The wiles of the devil and the armor of God (Eph. 6:10-17)

In Practice Resurrection Peterson brings the voice of Scripture--especially Paul's letter to the Ephesians--and the voice of the contemporary Christian congregation together in understanding what is involved in the practice of becoming mature--growing up to the "stature of Christ". --from publisher description