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15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitudeContinue reading “5Jul2008 Col 3:15-16”

11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. There are no racial, ethnic, religious, economic, or class distinctions in the Body of believers. I like churches that look like Baskin Robins, 31 flavors all in one place. But thereContinue reading “4Jul2008 Col 3:11”

2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. You might have heard the phrase, “He is so heavenly minded he is no earthly good.” But I think the opposite is true much more often, that we are soContinue reading “3Jul2008 Col 3:2-3”

20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: Dead men don’t have to obey the speed limit! They don’t get cited for criminal misconduct. They never get in bar fights. They don’t commit adultery. They neverContinue reading “2Jul2008 Col 2:20”

17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. I am amazed again and again at the lengths people will go to grasp shadows rather than the reality! The verse right before this one spells out some legalistic proscriptions that the false teachers in theContinue reading “1Jul2008 Col 2:17”

28 We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. Did you ever wonder what you would do if a child without a developmental or physical handicap was still in diapers when they were 10 years old? Or if they were still crawling around onContinue reading “30Jun2008 Col 1:28”

23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. Established and firm in a world of topsy turvy.Continue reading “29Jun2008 Col 1:23”

22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation When we are a Jesus-follower, no one can bring an accusation about us before God and get away with it. So far as God is concerned, we are aContinue reading “28Jun2008 Col 1:22”

13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, I don’t often think of myself as someone who needs to be rescued. I like to think of myself as someone who is fairly strong, fairly stable, fairly responsible. The idea that IContinue reading “27Jun2008 Col 1:13”