What parent has not said, “Enough already!”? This exclamation is usually given when the parent has one frazzled nerve left, and the children are standing on it. Some childish behaviors just need to stop. That is true of spiritual childishness, too. Paul told the Colossians what they needed to believe about Jesus but also how […]
Week 30 Study |
Week 30
Study Questions
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson. 1. Have you or someone you know ever been given a negative label that you couldn’t shake? 2. What are difficulties, freedoms, or costs related to scrapping a project and starting from scratch? Read Colossians 2:9-15 1. Look closely at verses 9 and 10 […]
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To Be Specific
The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras recommended, “Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.” That’s good advice for writers and public speakers. Here’s another helpful rule: Don’t speak in generalities; be specific. Don’t say “a few people” if you mean five astronauts. Don’t say “a long time ago” […]
Week 30
Daily Reading
2 Thessalonians 3:1-5Science assumed that the expansion of the universe was slowing. After all, matter’s gravity should be reigning in the outer limits. The assumption was wrong; the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate due to the impact of dark energy and dark matter. Dark energy and matter cannot be seen or measured, but […]
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Mature Enough?
Some believers simply grow old in Jesus instead of growing up in Jesus. The epistles are intended to help us grow up in Christ. They function as the biblical and practical theology of the Gospels. The lessons of the recent past have come from two of the four prison epistles (Ephesians and Philippians). The next […]
