Reader’s Guide: “The Word for Today” Monday, April 29, 2013 Read – Ephesians 1 This week we journey through the book of Ephesians. As we begin we do need to notice that the book is not without its challenges for those of us who are readers. From Paul’s own letters and from the book of Acts we hear of Paul spending a considerable amount of time with the Ephesian Christians – yet in the first chapter of the letter Paul says, “I have heard of your faith…,” (Ephesians 1:15) as if he had never visited these people. How are we to understand this? This and a few other things within this book have led some to think that Paul really didn’t write it. Others have speculated that the letter was really written by Paul but sent to another destination that Paul really had not visited and is thus misnamed “Ephesians”. It really doesn’t matter much. The content of the letter proclaims Paul’s gospel. In the first chapter Paul witness to the power of God that raised Jesus from the dead (Ephesians 1:20). Once again the resurrection stands at the very center of our faith.