The Open Bible Trust Podcast

A great discussion on the great power prayer of Ephesians 3:14-21: power so that Christ will feel at home in our hearts … and power to grasp the extent of Christ’s love.

Sylvia Penny interviews W M Henry and Michael Penny to explore this explosive passage, something so new to the world at that time. God had made Jewish and Gentile Christians one. They were now equal heirs, equal sharers, equal partakers in the Body of Christ. Wow!

Ephesians 2:11-22 is a summary of what God did to bring the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians of the Acts Period together into one body in Christ, and this podcast is an excellent discussion of the process and consequences of God doing this.

The fantastic climax of this passage is that in the coming ages God is going to show us “the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus”. What will that involve?

These verses contains Paul’s first fantastic prayer for the Ephesians, in which he prays for them to know the hope of His calling, the riches of His inheritance, and the power available to His people.

W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny to discuss work, labour and toil. Is work a necessary evil? Remember … Adam was told to work in Eden even before the Fall, although afterwards it was going to be harder so … Is work a good thing? A gift from God?

So what does Ecclesiastes say about money, wealth and riches? What are the advantages of wealth? And what are the disadvantages of having riches? In fact … are there any disadvantages? W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny to discuss a subject which is very pertinent to the relatively affluent society in which we live.

W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny as they discuss what Ecclesiastes says about what is ‘good’ and what is ‘better’. Although Solomon never uses the word ‘best’, there are some things of which he says ’there is nothing better’. So … what is good? What is better? And what is best?