Still looking at the letter to the folks in Colossae, verse 1.23, now at parts b and c   the gospel that you heard, which has been...

And concerning yesterday’s 3 S’s: stable, steadfast, and shifting-not, Job said in this morning’s reading:   My foot has held fast to his...

Been a while since I wrote, mostly because in the past seven weeks I have been away on four trips. And partly because I have been reading...

A teensy-weensy bit of sarcasm from our friend Job.     He says to his friends, who all thought they had a PhD in counseling:   “No doubt...

Certain little everyday words can be very important in scripture. Words like “but” and “therefore.” Or, in today’s case, the word “if.”  ...

Jesus wanted to make me holy and blameless and above reproach. And he nailed it! I am holy, blameless, and above reproach.   And you, who...

[And you] he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death. Col 1.22a I am reconciled!   But, because one good deed deserves...

He had never known the burden of sin on His person, He had never felt the shame of it.   He chose the sad road that leads to joy, and, on...

In my last post I mused a bit on Psalm 86. It has continued to be in my rereading and, this morning as I sit in New Delhi, I find it to...

I have been in the opening of David’s prayer in Ps 86 for a few days now, and I am challenged. Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me,...

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deed… (Col 1.21)   Yep. I remember it well.

We read, in Col 1.20, that: and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, Let’s continue on with the...

We would have every reason to believe Jesus was born in the year Zero, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. They tell us it was more...

This line in Col 1.20 gives me pause: ...and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven... Just the...

Pleasing God is cool. But, you might say He doesn’t please easily.   On one occasion, He shouted down from above the clouds, “Hey Son,...

He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.  Col 1.18b   The beginning . Hard to put a...

And he is the head of the body, the church. Colossians 1.18a   He is the head .   I realize that when I focus in on that concept, I see a...

Lo and behold, Jesus is the Creator!   “Hey, I thought He was just the Son.” Sorry buddy, you thunk wrong.   For by him all things were...

Now comes the meaty part. It catches my heart to realize that Paul (we believe) and the fisherman John, were the only two New Testament...