2023! It's hard to believe we're already heading into a new year. 2022 has come and gone. Out of curiosity, I went and looked up what I wrote to you at this time last year. This is what I said, "Wow, by the time we meet again it will be the New Year. And we all want 2022 to be a lot more hopeful (and less stressful) than the past few years. But who knows? Well, God does." ...
Keep ReadingChristmas is upon us, and Advent is drawing to a close. And as we finish up Colossians chapter 1 by looking at verses 24-29, there is this sense that the wait is finally coming to an end. Christmas Day is almost here. But our wait for Christ to come is obviously different from the wait that Mary and Joseph endured so long ago. Now, we know that Christ has come, and that He...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday's sermon will be the fourth and penultimate sermon in our advent series The Indescribable Gift. In this sermon, titled "Christ, Our Reconciliation" we will be looking into the importance that Jesus Christ has for the church as the one who reconciles between God and man. The last three weeks' passages have emphasized the identity of Jesus Christ as our Gospel, ...
Keep ReadingWe're moving into week three of our Advent Series on The Indescribable Gift. However, that title is a little bit of a misnomer, because Colossians One is trying to do just that describe Jesus since He is the gift. Perhaps it's indescribable because the Apostle Paul uses so many different terms, different theological concepts, different titles, and different goals in refe...
Keep ReadingFor the rest of Advent, we're looking at Colossians One. I urge you to read the chapter all the way through each week, and not just the passage that's coming up, but the whole chapter, and that way we'll all really learn it this month, because there's no higher picture of Christ than in Colossians One. Last week, we looked at "Jesus, Our Gospel." And so this week, we'll b...
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