How Can I Recognize A Heresy? – Colossians 2:8-23
We live in a world of substitutes. A substitute teacher can explain, answer, and instruct but they can’t change the syllabus or change your grade. Diet drinks serve a purpose,…
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What does it mean to be a Christian? – Colossians 2:6-9
Just because you were born in a Christian family does not make you a Christian, just like being born in a hospital doesn’t make you a doctor! Just because you…
READ MOREHow Can I Have Hope Today? – Colossians 1:21-2:5
The theme of Colossians is the sufficiency and supremacy of Jesus. It’s stated in Colossians 1:15-17: “He is the image of the invisible God… For everything was created by him…all…
READ MOREWhy Should Jesus Be First in My Life? – Colossians 1:15-20
The theme of the book of Colossians is the sufficiency and the supremacy of Christ. Heresy and false teachings do not deny Jesus, but they attack His deity. They say…
READ MOREHow Do I Pray for Others? – Colossians 1:1-14
Colossians is a letter written by Paul while he was in prison to a group of believers he had never met. If you or I were in prison, we’d probably…
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How Do I Leave a Legacy? – Genesis 47-50
The Bible is filled with examples of those who finished well and those who did not. If you’re like me, you’d like to finish well! The men and women of…
READ MOREJoseph and Jesus
What a joy it’s been preaching through the life of Joseph! Since about 25% of the book of Genesis is about him, it’s like we get to know him personally.…
READ MOREHow Do I Deal with My Past? – Genesis 42-43
We all have things in our past that are hard – mistakes we’ve made, hurts done to us, etc. As we’ve seen the past couple weeks with Joseph, he too…
READ MOREWhere is God? – Genesis 40-41
Many times in life we ask the question, “Where is God?” Joseph was hated by his brothers, sold to a caravan of traders, sold again in Egypt to Potiphar, falsely…
READ MOREHow Can I Live Out My Dream? – Genesis 37-39
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m living the dream”? Some say it to mean they genuinely love their life and their job. Others use it sarcastically to say they…
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What Can I Learn from the Life of Jacob? Part 2 – Genesis 32-35
When we left off with Jacob last week, he and Esau were on bad terms. Jacob was also heading back to Canaan (where he was from) to separate from Laban.…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from the Life of Jacob? – Genesis 25-31
We first read about Jacob prior to his birth. In Genesis 25:23-28, God tells Rebekah that “two nations are in [her] womb.” Nothing like that for a prediction of sibling…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from Abraham and Sarah? – Genesis 15-22
I ended last week’s blog pointing out that Abraham was a man just like you and me. In the same vein, he and his wife, Sarah, faced a lot of…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from Abraham? – Genesis 12-15
The God of the Bible is called the God of Abraham. Abraham was called the friend of God. Hebrews tells us, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from the Tower of Babel? – Genesis 11
The first half of the book of Genesis is about four great events: Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. Babel means confusion. God is not the…
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