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Paul worked his tail off for folk he never even met face to face. Why? And how was he gripped with such intensity and purpose? Am I? Am I working to succeed in the actual fight I'm in, or am I caught up in loser thinking, wasting valuable time and prioritizing my ease and comfort at the expense of my purpose? Just something to think about...

There is a dynamic of shame, regret, condemnation, and mental anguish that is a direct result of satan's activities in the hearts and minds of people everywhere. The short word to describe this ministry is "accusation." What do we do? Where do we turn? What are our resources for help? The Advocate (1 Jn 2:1).

Col 1:28-29

Assorted thoughts  and stories on the subject of tongues in the New Testament and today...

"HIM we proclaim..." (Colossians 1:28)

The good news about Jesus is both beautiful and a secret and plot twist of divine history. What we have available right now in Christ, the saints of old LONGED to see, and the angels have been peering from heaven with surprise and wonder like, "Are you serious, right now???"

"Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God." (Matthew 22:29) Don't know the Book of God? You blow up. Don't know the God of the Book? You dry up. Know both? You grow up.

Many of us have given up on the church...but Jesus hasn't.

Grace in a broken world...

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. (Colossians 1:24)

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like...

God, worshiped as Creator and Redeemer from Revelation 4 and 5...

"Prayer doesn't fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work." Oswald Chambers

You can work harder or you can work smarter. In this little chat, we looked at Exodus 18 and Acts 6 together, seeing the origins of the New Testament way of organizing church leadership into Elders and Deacons...

This is a kind of 2020 state of the union address.

Our culture is shifting...here are some off the cuff thoughts about how to be faithful in the current climate...

1234 Treasure Principle (Luke 12:34) . Heart follows actions Ben Franklin’s insight. It wasn’t me being nice to him that made him stop hating me. It was him doing me a kindness. Dostoevsky’s insight . “He’s never done me any wrong. I did him a bad turn, and I’ve hated him ever since.” Catharsis is a lie . In the 70’s psychologists thought expressing the rage would diminish it. The studies reveal t...

The Discipleship Training School has been doing a semester on listening prayer and friendship with God so we thought it would be good to share some things God's been saying with the rest of the church. :) In this audio, pastor Tim, Carolyn, Tim Freed, Stan, and Katie share...

Who is God? What are humans? What is the original intent of God for humanity? In this talk Darren Peachey goes after painting an answer to those sorts of questions.

What a curious expression Paul uses to refer to himself at the end of Colossians 1:23. A servant or slave of the gospel. How can a person be servant to a particular message? And does this have any applications for us? Maybe. Let's talk about it.

"if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard" (Colossians 1:23) All of us construct a story about our lives from which we derive meaning. We think of that story as "truth" but in actuality it is a script thrown together the best we can. The gospel is a different script that God has authored for us which, to be believed, must be...

Stan talks about how the same blood (of Jesus' cross) that was shed for our forgiveness was also for our healing and wholeness in every way.

He has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. (Col 1:22)

Jesus in daily life, not just the afterlife.

If Jesus wasn't the first person raised from the dead, how come he's called the firstborn from the dead? That and some thoughts on living as citizens of heaven...