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Colossians 1:16-22

Colossians 1:15-23

Colossians 1:15-20

Colossians 1:15-20

Colossians 1:13-20

Date: May 25, 2025 Lord’s Day: 21 Series: Colossians the Mystery of Christ Title: Delivered and Transferred Text: Colossians 1:12-14   A quick review from last week we were in Colossians 1:12-14 and we were dealing with the end of verse 13:   “12 giving thanks[ d ] to the Father, who has qualified you[ e ] to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the domain o...

Date: May 18, 2025 Lord’s Day: 20 Series: Colossians the Mystery of Christ Title: The Mystery of God’s Love Text: Colossians 1:12-14   Introduction:  Pick and Roll celebration at Chesapeake High. Point:  There are things we desire to remain hidden, things we do not want others to see, especially when it is the entire town on television.   The tittle of this series is Colossians, the Mystery of Chr...

Date: May 11, 2025 Lord’s Day: 19 Series: Colossians the Mystery of Christ Title: The Sound of New Birth Text: Colossians 1:3-12   The Word of The Lord: “3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have h...

The Word of The Lord: “3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and inc...

Conclusion of the Ruth Series

Easter Sunday 2025  

Date: April 13, 2025 Lord’s Day: 15 (Palm Sunday) Series: Redeeming Ruth Title: The Work of Christ Text: Matthew 26:30-35, 69-75   Last week in our time together we were in Ruth chapter 3.  Naomi had instructed Ruth to go to the Barley Harvest Party.  Naomi was trying to attain by works, what Ruth had earlier in our story received by grace.   Namely, Ruth had gone to the fields looking for someone...

Date: April 6, 2025 Lord’s Day: 14 Series: Redeeming Ruth Title: The Redeemer Text: Ruth 3:1-18   Introduction: 1896 Concept of dating was emerging, and it was a form of prostitution   1900’s women would not be seen in public with a man, not her dad or brother (relative) so as not to be mistaken for a prostitute.  The standard was courting.  A young man would call the father and arrange time that...

Date: March 23, 2025 Lord’s Day: 12 Series: Redeeming Ruth Title: I Am Hungry Text: Ruth 2:1-17   Introduction: Thus far, our text from the book is saturated with the fall of man.  As you recall, the book of Ruth begins giving us when it was written.  “In the days when the Judges ruled . . . there was a famine in the land.”  How does the book of Judges end?  “In those days there was no king in Isr...

Date: March 16, 2025 Lord’s Day: 11 Series: Redeeming Ruth Title: Running to Stand Still Text: Ruth 1:19-22   Introduction: Last year, around November, I had an appointment with a friend in the neighborhood.  At that time, she was not as mobile as she currently is, so I had driven her to a doctor’s appointment.  We use her car most always when she needs to go places.  I had brought what I usually...

Date: March 9, 2025 Lord’s Day: 9 Series: Ruth Title: The Bread of God’s Will Text: Ruth 1:1-7   Introduction: Several years ago, a passage in Luke 24 really spoke to me.  This is a story which appears after Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection and it details two people walking on a road to a city named Emmaus.  And while they were walking, they were talking about the events that had just taken p...

Philippians 2:12-13 12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 

Title: Our Only Hope Text:  Isaiah 6:1-5, Psalm 99:1, Romans 1:18-19