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Jan 31

Colossians 4 v 7 - 18

A beautiful, pastoral sign-off by Paul. Note that other churches will have read this letter of Paul to the church at Colossae and that...

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Jan 30

Colossians 4 v 2 - 6

The super-apostle Paul is not above asking for prayer. He knew full well that he was incapable of anything without the power of God at...

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Jan 29

Colossians 3 v 18 - 4 v 1

My principle with passages such as these is that we should seek firstly to understand the context in which they were written and then...

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Jan 28

Colossians 3 v 12 - 17

Becoming a Christian brings us freedom to grow into Christlikeness. Before we accepted Jesus as our Saviour and Lord, our attempts at...

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Jan 27

Colossians 3 v 5 - 11

Lest we assume that living as a Christian only involves letting God do whatever He chooses in our life, resting in Him as a baby would...

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Jan 26

Colossians 3 v 1 - 4

The passage from verse one to verse seventeen is sub-titled in the NLT, 'Living the new life'. Paul is urging and encouraging this group...

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Jan 25

Colossians 2 v 16 - 23

The type of person who might be attracted to Christianity is sometimes the sort who loves rules, is ascetic and driven. Clearly this...

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Jan 24

Colossians 2 v 13 - 15

As with most great teachers, Paul uses a series of vivid pictures here to describe what God in Christ has done for us with the intention...

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Jan 23

Colossians 2 v 9 - 13

Probably the most incredible, outrageous statement is sandwiched into these verses: 'In Christ lives all the fulness of God in a human...

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Jan 22

Colossians 2 v 6 - 8

Christianity is a person-centred faith and that person is Jesus Christ. Let nobody forget that they follow a person! That means that each...

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Jan 21

Colossians 2 v 1 - 5

Paul here has another dig at the Gnostics and their belief that there is a hidden knowledge, a key to discovering the deep thoughts of...

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Jan 20

Colossians 1 v 21 - 29

I would say that 'tenacious' would have been an apt summary of Paul's character. Nothing seemed to stop him for long and his commitment...

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Jan 19

Colossians 1 v 18 - 20

Paul reaches the heights in his use of language to express the supremacy of Christ in one of the most profound and beautiful passages of...

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Jan 18

Colossians 1 v 15 - 17

If we ever had any doubt concerning Christ's place in the Cosmos, Paul is emphatic that He is Supreme, the Head, the Creator,...

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Jan 17

Colossians 1 v 9 - 14

Paul had a great spirit of encouragement: he had not met the Christians who lived in Colossae, but he had prayed daily for them and he...

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Jan 16

Colossians 1 v 1 - 8

As with the letter to the Philippians, this letter is written by Paul and Timothy, possibly Timothy acting as a scribe to Paul's spoken...

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Jan 15

Philippians 4 v 14 - 23

I love that the Gospel spread insidiously throughout the Roman Empire and even in Caesar's household there were converts! Wherever Paul...

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Jan 14

Philippians 4 v 10 - 13

Here Paul recognising both the joy of human support and his own pilgrimage which has brought him to the place of contentment whatever the...

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Jan 13

Philippians 4 v 8 - 9

These two verses are almost a benediction from Paul, a few words summing up his ministry and faith before he leaves permanently. In the...

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Jan 12

Philippians 4 v 6 - 7

Paul is at his simplest and practical in these two beautiful and profound verses. he tells us: 1. Don't worry about anything. Writing...

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