The Fruit of Hope: Love …
Heavenly-mindedness is what frees our hands to do the works of love.
Colossians 1
All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him …
In the end, even sin serves to glorify Christ and increase the gladness of his people in him.
Why Hope? Gospel! …
The gospel is the good news that there is hope for sinners, the worst of sinners.
What? Me Hostile to God? …
Meditation on Colossians 1:21-22
Most people imagine God to be the way they want him to be, which seldom includes the possibility that they might be his enemy.
Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To Finish the Aim of Christ's Afflictions …
The suffering love of Christ for sinners is seen in the suffering love of his people for sinners.
Live to Die …
2001 Shepherds Conference
Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions …
High Pointe Baptist Church
Austin, TX
Colossians 2
Guard Yourself With Gratitude …
Thankfulness guards our souls because it nurtures humility and kills triviality.
In Him Are Hid All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge …
One reason to admire and trust Jesus above all other persons is that he knows more than anyone else.
What Is Baptism, and How Important Is It? …
The drama of baptism gets its meaning from the gospel.
What to Say to the Depressed, Doubting, Skeptical, Confused, Angry …
How to interact with those who are struggling in their faith.
Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace …
We ought to treat our spouses with the same grace that God treats us.
Flesh Tank and Peashooter Regulations …
Legalism is a more dangerous disease than alcoholism because it doesn't look like one.
Colossians 3
Summer Mindset …
Thoughts on Colossians 3:2
If the mailman brings you a love letter from your fiancé, don’t fall in love with the mailman.
Class, Culture and Ethnic Identity in Christ …
Racial Harmony Sunday
It is impossible to believe that Christ indwells every believer and then mistreat one of a different race.
Urban-Suburban Partnership …
Unfolding Bethlehem's Fresh Initiative #2
Our mission is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in everything, including choosing where we live.
Living Together When Christ Is All in All …
No matter what the issue is, it exists for Christ, or for nothing. Because CHRIST IS ALL.
Marriage: Forgiving and Forbearing …
Where can you find the grace to see your spouse the way Jesus does?
Fathers Who Give Hope …
Father's Day
Dads, father your children in a way that shows what kind of father God is.
Colossians 4
Walk in Wisdom Toward Those Outside …
Every hour of your life brings a situation that can be bought up for eternity or missed.
O Lord, Open a Door for the Word! …
Pray with steadfastness, with watchfulness, and with thanksgiving.
Walk in Wisdom: Seize the Moment …
Wisdom is the use of knowledge to reach worthy goals, such as winning outsiders to Christ.
Persevere in Prayer! …
It is God who works in us to will our prayers, but we always experience it as our own resolve and decision.
Be Wise, Buy the Summer Moment, Season with Salt …
What does it mean to let our words be "seasoned with salt"?
