The last 11 verses of Paul's letter to the Colossians is chock full of "shout-outs" from Paul's co-workers and fellow missionaries: "so and so says hi" and "this guys is praying for you". Now we might be tempted to skip over these social niceties- after all what could we actually learn from these? Well, there's a lot to be learned actually! Listen here to find out what the closing verses of this book tell about being a godly friend.
- Apr 19, 2015A Little Help from my Friends
Apr 19, 2015A Little Help from my FriendsBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the Colossians
The last 11 verses of Paul's letter to the Colossians is chock full of "shout-outs" from Paul's co-workers and fellow missionaries: "so and so says hi" and "this guys is praying for you". Now we might be tempted to skip over these social niceties- after all what could we actually learn from these? Well, there's a lot to be learned actually! Listen here to find out what the closing verses of this book tell about being a godly friend.
- Apr 12, 2015Powerful Speech
Apr 12, 2015Powerful SpeechBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the Colossians
Words are powerful, therefore how we use them is very important. The man or woman who has "put on the New Life of Christ" must put off the old speech patterns of the flesh and take up a new way of speaking. In chapter 4 of Colossians here Paul suggests 3 specific ministries of speech that the those in Christ should take up.
- Mar 22, 2015The Well-Dressed Family
Mar 22, 2015The Well-Dressed FamilyBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the Colossians
A call has been sounded in the Chapter 3 of this letter to the Colossians- but what is the call to? It's a call to live in the new, Spirit-empowered life of Christ! A call to lay aside the old grave clothes of sin and the flesh and live in the new! And as we begin to walk in Spirit we will find that some of the very first places the impact will be felt is in our family relationships. Paul tells us today in this passage what that will look like and we'll also learn we NEED the Spirit's power to make is true in our lives.
- Mar 15, 2015Putting on New Clothes
Mar 15, 2015Putting on New ClothesBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the Colossians
Our motivations for how we dress are many. Sometimes it's the occasion that determines the clothing, or maybe it's the people we are going to see. Other times we dress to impress and other times the place we're going helps us pick the outfit. In this 3rd chapter of Colossians Paul begins to address the motivation for putting on the New Clothes of Christ: why should we take off the old grave clothes of sin and the flesh and put on the new life of Christ? Here's your motivation...
- Mar 8, 2015Believer Behavior
Mar 8, 2015Believer BehaviorBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the ColossiansThe 3rd chapter of this letter begins with the word "therefore". Therefore is a connecting word; it serves to show us that there must be a connection between what is being written with what was written. The first 2 chapters of Colossians dealt with doctrine- with what we believe. What does Paul say our doctrine must connect with? Our behavior. What we believe must impact how we behave... and in this passage we'll see that Paul gives us 3 directions to help sync those things up.
- Feb 22, 2015Saints Alert, Saints Alive
Feb 22, 2015Saints Alert, Saints AliveBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the ColossiansAs the shepherd of the church Paul was defending the Colossian believers by fighting the wolves. Paul's goal in the second chapter of his letter was to give the church divine truth upon truth upon which they could stand and he also gave them some encouragement about how they could avoid the traps of false teaching and sin. Listen here to see what Paul says to this church.
- Feb 15, 2015The Audacious Apostle
Feb 15, 2015The Audacious ApostleBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the ColossiansAs Paul concludes chapter one of this letter to the Colossians he gives the church his resume: the reasons why they should hear him. As he does he says some pretty incredible stuff- and we may be tempted to think that the Apostle may be embellishing... but we would be wrong. All that he says is true- including the most audacious statement found in verse 24. Listen hear to see what he says and how it impacts the church today.
- Feb 8, 2015Confidence for the Confused
Feb 8, 2015Confidence for the ConfusedBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the ColossiansThere was a great deal of confusion present in the Colossian church; false teachers were filling young believer's mind with lies which caused them to doubt who they were in Christ, what was expected of them in this life, and even doubt where they were ultimately going. Paul's words today provide confidence for the confused and show us what the work of Christ on the cross means to our identity and destination.
- Feb 1, 2015The Preeminent Christ
Feb 1, 2015The Preeminent ChristBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the ColossiansIn today's message we learn that false teachers in the Colossian Church were trying to steal something- they were using a diversion and trying to rob the church of valuable truth. Paul writes to set things straight and in the process he helps us to recover some valuable truth about the Superiority and the Preeminence of Jesus Christ!
- Jan 25, 2015A “Growing” Prayer List
Jan 25, 2015A “Growing” Prayer ListBy: Rev. Peter DodgeSeries: The Letter to the ColossiansIn our passage today we find Paul's prayer list for the the Colossians- it's a list of things Paul is praying that they would grow in. This is a prayer list we would do well to make our own and it make it our Growing prayer list.