Jesus said, “my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Paul wrote, “For freedom you have been set free.” People (or churches) add rules for you to follow, then judge your spiritual maturity by those rules, have puffed up minds and teach idle notions. They have, in Paul’s words in today’s verses (Colossians 2:16-23)… Read More »Stay Connected! (February 22, 2026)
Paul says in Sunday’s verse, we are in danger of being kidnapped by empty and deceptive ideas of the world around us (my re-wording of Colossians 2:8). The noise of the media that saturates our lives promises all the good things: individual flourishing, independence, strength, authenticity, satisfaction. However, they are all baseless, empty and lead… Read More »We (Still) Need God! (February 8, 2026)
There is a fullness of Christ that is available but sometimes feels unattainable. Yet in Colossians 2, the Apostle Paul encourages us with the complete sufficiency of Christ for every believer through three key movements—Knowing, Doing, and Overcoming. In Christ, we find our fullness, direction, and victory. He is the center and source of the… Read More »Triumph in Christ (November 2, 2025)
What we say our identity is perhaps one of the core and key questions swirling around our society today. The second and closely related question is, where do we get the answer to this question: from within ourselves?, or from someone or something outside ourselves? Today’s social-media driven culture says — in a self-contradictory way… Read More »Who Are You? (August 10, 2025)
Jesus’ death and resurrection are the beginning of our salvation and our discipleship. Jesus had to die for our sins to be forgiven, and he had to rise (and return to ‘the Father’) for the Holy Spirit to come and empower us to live like and for Christ. Communion is our moment of reflection and… Read More »Abide and Grow… through Communion (August 4, 2024)