Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 15, 2009
COLOSSIANS 1:24 "BAFFLING"
Now I consulted four different sources on this text to see whether there was any consensus among the best scholars and pastors as to what that means. And this comment from Sam Storms, who is one of those best scholars and pastors, pretty much sums it
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 4, 2009
RICK WARREN AND COLOSSIANS 3:2
Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life book earned $9 million in first quarter of its release. Rick told God he didn’t need the money, it wasn’t about the money. What did he do? He searched the Bible. Here’s his answer to his interview with David Kuo of Beliefnet.
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Salvation Army
Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 17, 2008
Colossians 4:6 addresses the way we talk, saying that our speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt (4:6). In the ancient world, salt was valuable, and served at least two purposes as nothing else could do. First it was a purifying agent. In those centuries before refrigeration, salt was
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 13, 2006
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John 14:6 – “Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’”
This is so hard for prideful people to accept.
Elaine Pagels (author of The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ) says she had an epiphany while
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 8, 2006
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When I was growing up in L.A. (Lower Alabama) we usually had four or five dogs and cats to claim as our pets. By virtue of being the oldest child, my older sister, Judy, demanded the right to name all our pets. (First-born siblings can be control-freaks as the rest of us know). We had a dog that
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Lucas on Jul 29, 2005
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I want you to imagine a couple sitting in a coffee shop. And you are one table over. Have you ever done this? You just kind of eavesdrop. You know, those coffee shops are small enough; you can hear almost every conversation in the room. You know, just have your laptop open so they don’t know you
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 25, 2005
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A Prayer Nag! (09.28.05--Teach Me to Pray!--Colossians 1:9)
Does god ever weary of hearing our prayers? I mean, it’s the same old, same old–day in and day out. Does He really need to hear the same things over and over again?
Being a “broken record,” the one that just can’t get over the rut in
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Lutheran
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 14, 2006
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Let me tell you a story about honest labor. There was a boy named Harry who worked for a Scottish shoemaker named Dan. It was his chief responsibility to pound out and dry leather for shoe soles. It seemed an endless operation to him, and he wearied of it many times. "What made my task worse was
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Lutheran
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 17, 2008
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Satan is a terrible taskmaster. Here’s a helpful quotation which summarizes his deceit: ‘He promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honour and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure and pays with pain; he promises profit and pays with loss; he promises life and pays with death’
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Baptist
Juliette comes home from an exhausting day. She wants and needs to share her feelings about the day.
She says, "There is so much to do; I don't have any time to myself.¨
Chris says, You should quit that job. You don't have to work so hard. Find something you like to
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Adventist
Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 10, 2008
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"Christian Fathers: Succeed With Humility"
The Bible gives four Christian character traits that can build a lasting legacy for the Lord. The fourth is to succeed with humility.
Colossians 3:21 says, "...as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 17, 2009
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Compassion in an Inner-City Church
Feed the dogs. Touch the dumb, and find faith in places where you least expect it. This is what truly brings pleasure to our Lord, much more than any outward show of self-righteousness.
There is church in the inner-city of Chicago that for me demonstrates this
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 13, 2013
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THE "STREAM OF FORGIVENESS"
Mirosalv Volf wrote a fantastic book on forgiveness titled "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace." In the book he uses the beautiful imagery of a stream to show how God's character (love) is poured into us by His Spirit and becomes our
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Nazarene
Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 26, 2014
“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy - because we will always want to have something else or something more.” - David Steindl-Rast
Everyone likes to feel appreciated. I remember a
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Charismatic