Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well this is the fifth episode of a five-part series we've been doing on the

Paul's Letter to the Ephesians in the New Testament.

We've been exploring major themes and key passages within it.

These were teachings I did a number of years ago when I was a teaching pastor at Dorf Hope

Church in Portland.

This is a teaching based on the last chapter of Paul's Letter to the Ephesians.

This is about the wisdom and the guidance he offers about how the gospel, the good news

about Jesus, should affect the day-to-day relationships in the home.

He talks about parents and children and then addresses a first century Roman institution

of slavery.

How is it that this very oppressive power institution that was pervasive in all layers

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