Reading and Reflecting

We know that Jacob was a bit of a shyster, his very name reveals him to be a “supplanter.” Yet we see a different side of him after...

Powerful   the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.  Col 2.12c   God was powerful in raising Jesus from the dead.    ...

Dead and buried.   having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working...

A circumcision made without hands Col 2.11b   Oh good, there is no sharp knife involved.   by putting off the body of the flesh, by the...

In him also you were circumcised Col 2.11a   OK, no one promised it would be fun.

[Jesus] is the head of all rule and authority. Col 2.9b We do not doubt this. And let us not doubt the fact that He means business when...

One could write a whole dissertation on Col 2.9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.   How’s that work? The whole...

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...