Colossians: Power to Endure with Joy

0:00 | Sep 30th, 2018

It is with a sense of excitement and anticipation that I begin with you a series of studies in Paul's letter to the Colossians. This is one of the prison letters of the apostle, written, most scholars...Show More

0:00 | Sep 29th, 2018

We are now well into the Christmas season, and everybody is enjoying the return of the great symbols of our faith in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus. The central symbol of Christmas, of course, is a...Show More

0:00 | Sep 28th, 2018

Charles Wesley's wonderful phrase from "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing," Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Hail the Incarnate Deity captures the central truth of our Christian faith. Since the appearan...Show More

0:00 | Sep 27th, 2018

Most scholars feel that the magnificent description of Christ found in verses 15-20 of Colossians 1 represents an early Christian hymn which Paul is quoting. These verses may represent the very first ...Show More

0:00 | Sep 26th, 2018

You have all seen the television commercial for the Armed Forces that says---to a musical accompaniment---"Be all that you can be." It implies that if you join the Army, the Navy, the Air Force or the...Show More

0:00 | Sep 25th, 2018

The end of a year always brings news articles that highlight the events of the past year. I read this week an article entitled "The Most Boring People of 1986." Some may place me in that category, but...Show More

0:00 | Sep 24th, 2018

Our text today deals with the terrible danger of being spiritually deceived. We live in an age that is well supplied with impersonators, pitch men and con artists. I once heard of a farmer whose horse...Show More

0:00 | Sep 23rd, 2018

I should like to read to you the introduction to Colossians in the Student Bible, a new and exciting version whose notes are written by our good friends, Philip Yancey and Timothy Stafford: You see t...Show More

0:00 | Sep 22nd, 2018

In our last study in Colossians we saw the siren song of theological error that was threatening to deprive the Colossian Christians of all vitality and vigor in their faith. And today, two thousand ye...Show More

0:00 | Sep 21st, 2018

There was a popular song some years ago, sung by Bing Crosby and others of my generation, that went like this: You've got to accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, Latch on to the affirmati...Show More