Colossians 1: 15 – 23. In his letter to the Colossians, Paul addresses head on what biblical scholars call “The Colossian Heresy”. The small church that emerged through the mission and ministry of Epaphras came under repeated attack from those who sought to dissuade people from maintaining a consistent focus on Christ as the head […]

A focus on Harvest Thanksgiving at this point in our teaching series enables us to build a bridge between what we have focused on up to this point, and where we need to go next. So far, we have largely looked at the need to engage with “Church Rebooted” by looking at our togetherness within […]

Ephesians 1:15-23; 3:14-21. There has been a common thread running through Paul’s letters that we’ve looked at so far. In each one there is something said to bring correction, and even rebuke, over what the church had become in those places. That doesn’t happen in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Instead, his whole focus is […]

Romans 12:1-21 When Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, he was very thorough! In his letter as we read it now, Paul spends 11 chapters focusing on how our perspective of a downward spiral of life changes when we follow Jesus. We are saved from hopelessness through faith in Jesus, not by our own […]