{"id":1515,"date":"2022-08-16T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/?page_id=1515"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T19:13:02","slug":"discovering-7-ephesians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/discovering-7-ephesians\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>For each lesson, below are the assignments to do ahead of time. The links will provide you materials to watch and read in preparation for the next class.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><strong>7. Ephesians \u2013 The Power and Identity of God\u2019s Family<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/explore\/video\/new-testament-letters-literary-context\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NT Letters &#8211; Literary Ep.3 <\/a>(Bible Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read Scripture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians%201&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ephesians 1-6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read Excerpt: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/7a_Peterson_Resurrection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peterson, <em>Practice Resurrection<\/em>, p.79-84<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ponder: How do we answer the question, \u201cWho am I\u201d? How much does a child\u2019s understanding of this question come from his upbringing and his family? Do the terms \u201cchild\u201d, \u201cson\u201d, \u201cdaughter\u201d define one\u2019s identity? How would your understanding of identity be affected if you were abandoned or orphaned as a child? How would your understanding of identity be affected if you were adopted as a child? When a father tells his teenage son who is leaving home, \u201cDon\u2019t forget who you are,\u201d what does he mean? How do \u201cwho you are\u201d and \u201cwhat you do\u201d relate to each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For Further Study:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optional Reading:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/7b_Snodgrass_Ephesians.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snodgrass, <em>NIV Application Commentary: Ephesians<\/em>, p.18-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For each lesson, below are the assignments to do ahead of time. The links will provide you materials to watch and read in preparation for the next class. 7. Ephesians &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1959,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1515\/revisions\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}