12/10/2023

In this passage, we see that remembering Christian joy while facing trials guarantees the perfecting work of the trials, so that we will persevere with joy.

12/03/2023

In this passage, we see our Lord’s brother – His slave – extend joy to Jewish Christians as he begins to lead them into spiritual maturity so that we, too, will mature and turn sinners from death to eternal joy.

11/26/2023

11/19/2023

11/12/2023

The Church has been born out of God’s plan in ages past to reveal and to exalt His Son in all creation through the proclamation of Christ, so that we might become fully complete and built up in Him by resisting present heresy as we hope in Him for future glory.

11/05/2023

The supremacy of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Creator, Restorer, and Reconciler of all things has everything to do with our salvation, our growth in holiness, and the gospel.

10/29/2023

10/22/2023

10/15/2023

The gospel is not just a message, but the power of God that displays itself in a changed life that empowers us to fully depend on God and His ways, so that we might be pleasing to Him as the truth of the gospel of grace increases in us and in the world.

In this final chapter of Colossians, we are reminded that through servant-leadership, we have received loving pastoral care directed by God through His word, so that we might partner in that ministry to other believers.