And he is the head of the body, the church. Colossians 1.18a   He is the head .   I realize that when I focus in on that concept, I see a...

Lo and behold, Jesus is the Creator!   “Hey, I thought He was just the Son.” Sorry buddy, you thunk wrong.   For by him all things were...

Now comes the meaty part. It catches my heart to realize that Paul (we believe) and the fisherman John, were the only two New Testament...

Sometimes you lose your phone and it’s not a good-doer who finds it. So you have to buy the phone back from the bad Samaritan.   That’s...

This month we are testing the waters with a youth rally here in Porvenir, just like the ones we had all over the place for 26 years back...

Jesus is the opposite of the Amazon truck. Amazon delivers to. Jesus delivers from.  He has delivered us from the domain of darkness. Col...

The strengthening of His power in me, generating endurance and patience and joy on my insides, results in thankfulness on the outside,...

Paul wants these young believers to be strong on the inside (Col 1.11).   May you be strengthened with all power…   What power?...

and increasing…   Increasing in the knowledge of God…   I am to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will I am to receive spiritual...

The trick to writing a good update is to start with something catchy—something to grab your interest so you’ll want to keep reading. If...

…so as to. What we saw Paul praying for two Thursdays ago, will produce fruit in the Colossians.   so as to walk in a manner worthy of...

I am to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will. I am to receive spiritual wisdom and understanding. I am to walk in a way that is...

Fruit bearing is a result of spiritual wisdom and understanding, according to Col 1.10: bearing fruit in every good work I wonder if the...

Paul prays "so as to" in Col 1:10: so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.   Here is the whole kit 'n caboodle (Col 1:9-10): And...

I've been musing about glorified, resurrected bodies. Jesus was resurrected, yet still had holes in his hands, for Thomas' sake. (John...

Recently, before heading off to the Seminary to teach my weekly class, we received bittersweet news. Our dear sister-in-law Mavis, a...

Paul shares with the Colossians how he prays for them. It is not, “God, by the way, please bless the Colossians.” It starts off, in Col...

In Venezuelan Spanish "Epa" is equivalent to “Hey.”   I’ll shout out a “Hey” to Paul’s buddy Epaphras who was the Gentile church planter...

The people of Colossae were on board with the Gospel because they had heard it, and understood it. …the gospel, which has come to you, as...