When we talk with unbelievers and assume a degree of spiritual familiarity that is just not there, we are going to do little more than push them further away from the Gospel. The Apostle Paul exhorts us in our final study in Colossians - conduct yourselves with wisdom before unbelievers, that you might [...]
If in fact we have bought into Christian theology, if in fact the unspeakable grace of God has illuminated the dark spaces in our hearts, then Paul is telling us in Colossians 3 that the fruits of the Spirit of agape love ought to be made evident to, and nourishing those, who are [...]
When you come to that week immediately preceding your vacation, let’s face it - you’ve got a little extra pep in your step, you’re filled with anticipation and joy at the prospect of a restful week in the noon day sun… And if we’re honest, we’ll acknowledge that we can put up with [...]
The Apostle Paul goes after the false humility of hyper spiritual mysticism, and exposes a number of other devices that false teachers use to deceive the children of God. Somewhere down the line, we in the American Church began to believe that the mysterious was more spiritual than the practical… That seeing a [...]
The fight that we are in together is the fight to delight in the Gospel. Our fight is not in how well we can perform spiritually, it is not in our religious works, it is not against a defeated enemy; we don’t need to go chasing demons all over the county… But the [...]
Having come to Christ with childlike simplicity, why is it that we feel like we have to now complicate things? Do we somehow think that the more complicated we make things the more spiritual we are? Paul tells the Colossians in our text this week - “Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the [...]
Speaking to the Colossians in the context of false teaching, Paul tells us this in our text this week. That in Christ we have been made holy, we have been made blameless, and we have been made beyond reproach. Now - what can that person on your doorstep or in that fringe ministry [...]
This weekend we have the great Christology before us Colossians 1 verses 15 through 19, where some of the most spectacular things ever written about Jesus Christ are recorded. Most of us have either forgotten or failed to recognize, that not only is He our Lord and Savior, but He is also the [...]
Join us as we launch our study of Colossians! Here we have 95 verses that focus exclusively upon the magnificence of Christ and what He is able to do in and through our lives. Some of the most remarkable things ever written about Jesus Christ are recorded for us here in Colossians. When [...]
