In these [sins, idolatries] you too once walked, when you were living in them. Colossians 3:7 This verse is shockingly physical. Walked means walked, and living means living. You can read it this way: In these sins and idolatries you too once …
Sometimes, I can be an angry mom. I get angry when my kids don’t listen to me, or when they choose foolishness over truth, or when someone hurts their hearts. I get angry when someone takes advantage of their weakness. …
I have spent much of the last twenty years feeling behind. Behind in the small things — the schedule and the work and the routine. Behind in the big things — the life and the kids and the goals. In Colossians …
Paul has spent the last seven verses teaching us one thing: The life that we fret over — obsess over — slave for — feel guilty about — it isn’t even here anymore. It’s there. For you have died, and your …
You logged on, you read the best seller, you flipped through the magazine, and there it is again: everyone’s doing life better, prettier, happier than you. Even the encouragers are discouragers, selling just enough hope to tease the inadequate. False teachers …
When Christ, who is your life… (Colossians 3:4) For the believer, the halfway heart is impossible. Christ is your life. That work is whole, infused, complete. In verses 3 and 4, Paul wraps the words around us like a blanket …
