All across the US there are signs popping up in windows and outside homes: “99%.”

It’s one of the oddest slogans to “catch on,” this proud proclamation that one is among the “99%.” What was meant as an isolation of the uber-wealthy, the “1%,” essentially has everyone else claiming “we’re all alike.” For a culture that has spent the last twenty years ultra-personalizing and customizing every facet of life (ring tones, web-sites, school curriculums, insurance plans), the boast to be “just like everyone else” sounds decidedly off-key.

The Pauline author of Ephesians was definitely NOT about being like everyone else. Throughout Ephesians the contrast between the beliefs and behaviors of those inside the community of faith and those outside the community of faith is dramatically depicted. Just …