We read about slick talkers in 2.4, and here they are again four verses later, aiming to put your mind on another track, with their...

[so walk in him] rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.  Col...

I have been teaching the kids in our school on the life of Abraham. Never noticed, before, the string of sex stories beginning in Genesis...

Asked why he was willing to let Abimelech have sex with Sarah, Abraham answered,   because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in...

Colossian 2.6 is rather comforting to me, but if the truth be told, I probably like the second part: so walk in him,    more than the...

In this morning’s email I said my hat was hung on Eph 5.17, but of course not, the 6 pieces of the Christians armor are in Ephesians...

Paul wanted the young church at Colossae to know that there are smooth talkers out there who have very logical, and enticing points of...

I like Genesis 29 where Jacob meets Rachel. He took one look at that beautiful girl carrying the empty water jug, cunningly checked out...

True story Years ago, I invited a pastor friend to speak to our youth group. He taught on Genesis 24—Abraham’s servant looking for a...

Yesterday we saw: The story of Isaac—who was no teeny-bopper at the time—horizontal on the firewood, and his dad with hand held high,...

The story of Isaac—who was no teeny-boppy at the time—horizontal on the firewood, and his dad with hand held high, knife aimed for the...

OK, so have I been sleeping that I missed, for the past 51 years, the simple truth of Gn 18.1?   And the LORD appeared to him Gn 18.1   I...

I find it interesting that Lot, having not lived in Sodom all that long, runs out to the gay parade and calls them “brothers.”   Lot went...

Genesis 12, 15, 17… their opening verses, God declares blessing, promise, and covenant to Abram.   I will make of you a great nation I...

Jumping over to Genesis… At 75, Sarai had had enough of Abram’s telling her to be patient, his insisting that he had faith that God was...

Hide and Seek God likes to play hide and seek.   [Christ,] in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.  Col 1.23   If...

Paul holds such a selfless yearning to invest in other people:   For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those...

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.  Col 1.29   The ESV’s word “energy” sounds kind of...

Chapter one’s final statement begins with:   For this [“warning everyone and teaching everyone”] I toil, Col 1.29   “I toil” could seem...

We speak and teach. To warn some, and to help others grow. And we need to do it with wisdom.   Him we proclaim, warning everyone and...