Ephesians

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Visit the episode webpage below to sign up to the Audible 30-day free trial to listen to full audiobooks for free! Title: Ephesians Series: #49 in Logos Bible Study Categories: Christianity Author: Bill Creasy Narrator: Dr. Bill Creasy Publisher: Logos Bible Study Release date: 08-02-2011 Language: English Summary: Paul’s third missionary journey was his most successful, by far. Paul spends A.D. 54-57 in Ephesus, a dazzling deep-water port city on the west coast of Asian Minor. A very wealthy city and the home of the Temple of Diana (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world), Ephesus could boast a population of 250,000, a fabulous theater seating 25,000, marble streets (with street lighting at night - one of only three such cities in the Roman Empire), and a deep and abiding love of literature, theater, and culture. Paul is a sophisticated urban creature, and he is very much at home in Ephesus. By the end of his nearly three-year stay, Paul can rightly claim that “all of Asia Minor had heard the gospel” as a result of his efforts in Ephesus. Ephesians is one of three epistles and one letter that Paul writes while in Rome, A.D. 60-62 (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). Often incorrectly referred to as one of Paul’s “prison epistles” (he was not in prison in Rome in A.D.

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