Singing is an essential part of the Christian Faith. Nate unpacks why it is essential for us to sing in church. It not only brings praise to God but serves others in our community and helps us collectively fix our eyes on Jesus.
Often the topics of prayer and evangelism can make us feel inadequate as Christ-followers. However, Paul wants us to grab hold of these privileges, just like he himself has.
Who is Jesus? Jesus is God, he is the creator, he is the head of the Church, he is the greatest!
Each time we experience conflict we need to go to higher ground and consider both God's glory and love for the other.
The Son is the first born of creation, firstborn from the dead so that in everything he might be first.
How do we work together with God in His work of saving lives through Jesus Christ? By praying for God to give us opportunities to bear witness to Christ and His work in our lives.
It's not what you do but how you do it that matters. This is true in how we work in this age. And how we conduct relationships at work is critical as we glorify God.
In this talk we explore what it looks like to have Jesus as Lord as a child, teen and parent. We may not all be parents but we all need to reflect on how our parents impacted us.
Colossians offers only two sentences on marriage but they are two crucial sentences - one for the husband, one for the wife. Even though broken marriages are part of living in a broken world, these two verses affirm God’s good gift of marriage.
There’s lots of things in life that can tempt us to think we can be closer to God if only we could do this or experience that - this part of the Bible pours cold water on that and tells us that in Jesus we’re as close to God as we ever need to be.
The theme of Colossians and this passage is "Don’t move, stay right where you are in Christ. In the face of false teaching that wants to kidnap Christians the answers are giving both in the negative and the positive. Ultimately Christ is enough and each Christian is complete.
What is it we’re doing in the Christian life? What’s the heart of all we do as a Church? Paul says, we’re speaking the word about Jesus to all people to prepare them to meet Jesus on that last day.
The Son is the firstborn over all creation and first bon from among the dead so that in everything he might be FIRST.
The Supremacy of Jesus is seen in this age and in the age to come.
The gospel of hope produces faith and love both at Colossae and around the world. And for that Paul never stops giving thanks.
Christmas is more than presents, over-eating and a maxed out credit card. It’s a time of celebration because Christ made the world, he rules over the world and he shed blood to bring us back to God.
Colossians 4:2-6 goes into detail about not just talking the talk of being a Christian - but also walking the walk. What you discover is surprising - rather than being separate, they are actually one and the same: you can’t have one without the other.
What street are you living on? Me Street or He Street? Dave speaks to us from Colossians 2:6-15 about the direction and the destination of living your life with Jesus as your Lord.
What is the true identity of Jesus? Is he just a man - or is he more than that? And if he is God: what does that mean for my life? Dave looks at Colossians 1:15-20 as we discover that who Jesus is has massive implication for why we’re alive.