If you have ever visited one of the large caves in this part of the country, at some point in the tour you have had the lights turned off. It is just part of the experience. The staff will turn off the lights and let visitors see what total darkness is like. Before the lights go out they will always caution you not to move around in the dark....

In Ephesians 5:8 the apostle Paul writes, “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” First, Paul contrasts their former condition with the way they presently are; “you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” Once they were children of the world but now they are children of God. Once...

In Ephesians 4:1 the apostle Paul says that we are to “walk worthy of the calling with which you were called”. We are called to be saints (i.e. Christians) (Romans 1:7) by the preaching of the gospel (2 Thessalonians 2:14). To walk worthy of that “calling” means that we are to live our lives in a way that would have others look favorably on us as...

In Ephesians 5:2 the apostle Paul says that we as Christians should “walk in love”. In other words love is to be one of the guiding principles of our lives. It is important to note that the kind of love that Paul is referring to is not an emotion. It is not a warm feeling of affection that we have for someone. Rather, this kind of love, agape love,...