September 9, 2026
Jesus Plus Nothing: The Math I Keep Doing on My Own Salvation
Kent Keller said Sunday that it's not Jesus plus works — it's just Jesus. I've spent years quietly doing the other math. Here's what happens when you stop.
Colossians
10 posts tagged “Colossians.”
September 7, 2026
Greater Than All: What Colossians 1:15–20 Says About Who Jesus Really Is
Who is Jesus, really? Colossians 1:15-20 gives Paul's answer — Christ is above everything, sufficient for everything, and the center of everything.
August 30, 2026
Greater Than Ourselves: The Place You Didn't Choose
Paul wrote Colossians from a prison cell, and he never once prayed to get out. What he prayed for instead changes how you look at the life you are actually living.
August 26, 2026
Washing Up the Plates: Why God Cares About Your Monday
Most of your life is not spent doing anything memorable. A seventeenth-century monk who washed dishes for a living had an answer for that — and so does Colossians 3.
August 24, 2026
Greater Than Our Relationships: What Actually Changes When Jesus Is at the Center
Every generation invents a new way to build a marriage, raise a child, and survive a job — and each one collapses. Colossians 3:18-4:1 on the household that flourishes because Christ, not the people in it, is at the center.
August 18, 2026
I Can't Remember the Day I Got Saved. Does That Count?
Some people have a Damascus road. Some grew up in church and cannot name a single day. Colossians 3:3-4 on why the drama of your story was never the thing that saved you.
August 16, 2026
Greater Than Our Old Life: Why You Can't Stop Sinning by Trying Harder
You already agree with the list of things that need to go. So why can't you kill them? A walk through Colossians 3:1-17 on why sin is not a flaw to fix but a death to be raised from.
August 9, 2026
Greater Than Your Religion: Why Trying Harder Never Made Anyone Holy
Religion hands you a list. Paul says the list has no power to change you. A walk through Colossians 2:16-23 on why holiness is not something you achieve, but something that grows out of holding fast to Christ.
August 4, 2026
Abounding in Thanksgiving: Why Gratitude Is Not a Personality Type
Paul slips four words into the middle of a warning about false teaching — abounding in thanksgiving. It turns out gratitude is not a mood you are born with. It is a conclusion you reach.
August 2, 2026
Greater Than Every False Hope: What It Means to Be Complete in Christ
Paul told a young church they were already complete in Christ. So why do empty philosophies, religious rituals, and human traditions still sound so persuasive? A walk through Colossians 2:6-15.