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For Staying Stable and Steadfast
Colossians 1:1-2 We have an opportunity this morning to do something we don’t often get to do, which is to start a brand new study in the book of the Bible. So open your Bibles to the letter of Paul to the Colossians. Any introduction to a literary work, especially a book of the Bible, will involve several elements; talk about the title, Colossians; name for the people to whom Paul wrote; the date of the writing; the author, it’s…
Knowing the Incomprehensible God, Part 2
Travis: Well, last time we, we, were briefly discussing Bancroft’s proofs for God existent, God’s existence established by reason and revelation. We were talking about how what he wrote there compares with what we’ve talked about is the transcendental argument for God’s existence, he didn’t use that language, but we just noticed that language is there. The proof of God’s existence is in the impossibility of the contrary, that is, without the existence of God, you can’t explain anything that…
Reconciling with One Another: Forgiveness
Selected Scriptures As we turn our attention to God’s Word this morning, you can open your Bibles. With the passage of Scripture that Bret actually read to open us this morning, 1 John 1:9, we are going to get a running start with a bit of review of what we covered last week. We have entered into just a short little series, three weeks, it might go four but I think three, just a short little series on reconciling relationships.…
Reconciling with One Another: Confession
Selected Scriptures I mentioned last week at our Christmas service that the holidays are sometimes a time when family comes near, and people you haven’t seen for awhile come into your home, or you go to their home, and oftentimes it’s a joyful thing, a wonderful thing, and sometimes it’s acrimonious. Sometimes it’s difficult, isn’t it? Family that you have long-standing issues with or people whom you’ve had difficulty and trouble with, you know, people who push your buttons. You…