Title: Ministry Explained and Mystery Revealed

Blurb: In this giant passage, Paul tells the church the purpose of his ministry and indeed of the ministry of us all…

Title: If you continue…

Blurb: Does the believer rest in God’s keeping, or labor to keep himself?

Title: The Head of the New Creation

 Jesus is head of Creation, but He is also head of the New Creation and for us that changes everything.

Paul shows the Colossians Jesus, more than enough.

The church at Colossae faced an all too familiar problem: was Jesus enough, or do we need other stuff?

Proof in the Pudding

Blurb: I am a Christian; has a proof text: "your life, your practice, your religion."

Title:  Wisdom Sees the Big Picture

Wisdom from above sees life as it is and holds it loosely and thankfully in its hand.

Title: When Want becomes Demand

Blurb: Many times we want legit things. But want can become sin when it becomes demand.

Title: Two Wisdoms

James sees the world through two lenses, through two wisdoms. In this passage he breaks them down.

It only takes a spark...

James uses three little things that have disproportionate consequences to show the power and effect of the tongue… his wisdom is simple: that little thing must be trained by God, or else.

The Proof is in the Pudding

James makes clear what true faith is and what it is not. True faith shows up in the life of the one who has it. It must, by definition…

What God does on the inside has an effect on the outside. You’re kidding yourself if you think it doesn’t. 

James is writing to people who need their faith to be strong, they are going through it.  So do we because so are we. 

Hope for Those Who Have Gone Too Far

Receiving and not achieving...Arms Wide Open