WESLEY ARNING

He was leaving the busyness of the city and going back to their hometown—the place where he first called them to leave their nets and boats

It is a suffering love, a love that will cost him everything, even his own life. And we see, even in the intimate scene of the Last Supper

And the great hope on the Last Day is that God will not only hide his face from our sins, but he will ultimately blot it out. Our permanent

You see, Paul is putting God’s action first. He is reminding the Ephesians of what God has already done for them, whether they realized it

Because Lent shows us the reality of humans’ sinfulness, we are then able to see the extraordinary graciousness of God in light of our condi