Category Archives: Colossians

That Paul was working up a sweat is clear. He makes a point of letting his Colossian readers know that he was working himself to the point of exhaustion for their sakes . . . that he was contending as … Continue reading →

Some passages of Scripture are almost too much to handle. Too much “high and lofty” and “His ways are above our ways” stuff to pack into my puny brain. You read through the passage and it’s not long before you … Continue reading →

Years and years ago . . . and I mean years and years, like 30+ years . . . not too long after my brother came to know Christ, I recall him once relaying how, when he was getting ready … Continue reading →

A friend sent me an e-mail asking me to pray for him and his wife as they prepare to work at a youth camp in a couple of weeks. I hesitated before responding. Not because I don’t think they need … Continue reading →

It’s the sort of stuff you wouldn’t want to have posted on your Facebook page. It’s the list that you’d just as soon had never been written . . . but you know it has. It’s fuel for the fire … Continue reading →

You just don’t put big, big things in small, small packages. Big things kind of demand big packaging . . . or so you’d think. But this morning, I’m noodling over a mystery . . . a mystery once concealed … Continue reading →

Is Paul just praying big? Does he really, really think it can happen? Is it one of those shoot-for-the-moon-and-maybe-you-might-get-off-the-ground sort of requests? And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you … Continue reading →

Some people go to school and work very, very hard to achieve the right to put certain letters behind their name. To be able to put designations such as MD or PhD or MBA or MDiv behind one’s name indicates … Continue reading →