Ephesians Part 6 (Introduction to the Letter)

INTRO: My wife's parents were visiting someone in a care home for the elderly. The man they were visiting had his dinner tray in front of him. Another elderly man whose mental capacities were beginning to fail him, wheeled into the room in his wheelchair, thinking this must be a restaurant, and wanted to order a meal. We smile, realizing that not everything is in order the way it used to be. But many, who have all their mental capacities about them go to the wrong place to find help or comfort when they are in need. In the search for help or peace of mind they will go to some strange places to seek help.

When I was about 10-12 years old we had a man who worked in my dad's sawmill. He was a German man who spoke the same language we spoke and grew up in the same church. As a matter of fact, his parents lived right close to the country church we drove ten miles to go to.