| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 33 secs | 0 Comments
We probably all know someone who has no faith in Jesus but has some level of spiritual interest, despite all the barriers they may have to believing the gospel. I have some family members, friends and work colleagues who fall into this category. Also, when talking to the general public, I often find some […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 28 secs | 0 Comments
It’s been said that we can be “so heavenly minded that we are no earthly good”. This paints a satirical picture of heavenly mindedness as spiritual aloofness, void of any practical good. Of course, even if anyone was to actually fall into this category, this is not at all the true nature of being heavenly minded. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
There was a lot of numptiness in Paul’s day just as ours. Paul warns his readers not to get taken captive by them. Then he lists what some of the numptiness is… Docetic Jesus, v.9 – Some people believed that Jesus wasn’t fully in the flesh, he just looked like a person; Jesus not God, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 46 secs | 0 Comments
Paul’s two-fold mission is to: Make the word of God fully known. Present everyone mature in Christ. He is rejoicing in the pain of ministry because people are grasping the gospel – “Christ in you, the hope of glory”. The gospel means that we don’t need to strive to be acceptable to God anymore – the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 11 secs | 0 Comments
Here’s that thankful man again – Paul is giving thanks for the churches he is writing to in Colossae. He is the most thankful writer in all antiquity, so there’s our first challenge. Be thankful! God is good. Paul thanks God for their: Faith in Jesus; Love for the saints, i.e. each other; Hope stored […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 4 secs | 0 Comments
Naming Euodia and Syntyche is not because they are the bad ones, who need singling out above others who are not getting on. Naming them (strangely to us), is evidence of their friendship with Paul, because as Gordon Fee writes, one of the marks of enmity in these kinds of ancient letters is that enemies […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 22 secs | 0 Comments
Some days there is so much in the text it is hard to know what to emphasise. In a sermon, one thing is best, but online, people like lists! Blog posts that do well have “7 steps to…”, “5 keys for…” as their title. I’ve picked out 5 ways we can grow in the Lord. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 40 secs | 0 Comments
Priceless Visits Because of Jesus and all he is and has done for us, Paul urges his readers to work out the grace within us – to live like we now are – as saints! And as we do that we find actually that it is God who is working in us. Just as Jane […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 6 secs | 0 Comments
What Paul wants to hear about the Philippians is that they are Standing firm in one spirit – Philippi was a Roman colony and fiercely loyal to the Caesar. It was beginning to be expected for citizens to say ‘Caesar is Lord’ – something no Christian will do, so this passage ends with the declaration […]