Growing in Groups
Mark Howard
Colossions 1 paints a vision guided by God’s mission of growing together as a body of believers. Meeting together with fellow believers takes intentionality as we encourage each other to grow in maturity.
Growing Others in Christ
Mark Howard
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul dispels the false idea that there is a secret truth hidden outside of the Gospel. At that time, false teachers insisted that Christians were missing out on secret knowledge. But Paul refutes them, declaring that if we have come to know Christ, we already have the secret: Jesus […]
In Christ Alone
Mark Howard
Paul wrote the letter to the Church of Colossae to encourage them to remain rooted in the Lord Jesus Christ and in Him alone. In the text today, Paul emphasizes the importance of following Christ only as He is the supreme Creator and the sufficient Savior.
Growing In Christ
Mark Howard
One of Paul’s main concerns in Colossians is that we remain rooted in Christ. But, as we do, we should also expect to grow. Through his prayer in Colossians 1:9-14, Paul helps us see what that growth looks like and also how it comes. We need need to grow deeper roots in the knowledge of […]
Grounded In Christ
Mark Howard
With false teachers insinuating they were inadequate or disqualified, how could the Colossians know where they stood? In Colossians 1:1-8, Paul seems pretty confident about their spiritual state. As he explains the genuine fruit and gospel roots in their lives, we see what it means for us to be grounded in Christ.
Grounded & Growing In Christ
Mark Howard
Have you ever missed a connecting flight? That is how it can feel in the Christian life. We have been transferred into Christ’s Kingdom, but we miss the connection between this and being transformed into His likeness. Into this void come many false ideas about how we can grow. In Colossians 2:6-8, Paul makes it […]
Mimicking The Mission
Mark Howard
Ephesus was a very ‘spiritual’ place – offering many magical and mystical paths to peace and prosperity. It may have a slightly different ‘flavor’ but our world is the same. We are use all kinds of means to achieve an allusive thing called “wellness”. How does Jesus fit into all of this? Is he just […]
Mission & Maturity
Mark Howard
Discipleship includes a process of moving people toward maturity in Christ by engaging, evangelizing, establishing and equipping them. We regularly run into people who in all kinds of different place along that process. In Acts 18:24-19:10 we encounter two such groups and discover how God moves them forward.
God’s Presence on Mission
Mark Howard
In Acts 18:1-23, we discover how God overcame the Apostle Paul’s fears. In the same way, God is with us wherever we go and in whatever we do; He is faithful to provide, protect, and prepare a way for us.
The Mission Under Scrutiny
Mark Howard
As we question the Gospel, we find that the Gospel questions us–pointing out the inconsistencies in our lives, challenging many of the things we think we believe. Today, we hear how Paul addresses three big questions posed to the Scriptures by the philosophical Athenians: is Christianity ignorance, is Christianity inconsistent, and is Christianity inferior?
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