We are taking the letter paragraph by paragraph as I said we would. We have come to this short paragraph, separate and distinct from the short paragraph that comes before it . After his identification of Jesus Christ in vv. 15-20, Paul turned to…
All the Gospels record that demon possession could have a variety of physical and psychological effects. We have discussed the phenomenon of demon possession and the Lord’s power over demons already in this series of sermons because we hav…
In this section of Luke, full of material that we do not find in the other two synoptic Gospels, Matthew and Mark, we find this teaching about prayer that Matthew includes in his body of the Lord’s teaching (Matthew 5,6 and 7) that we know …
In v. 14 Paul mentioned the Father’s “beloved Son.” That reference to the Lord prompted an extensive identification of Jesus Christ that then proves to serve as a transition to the main argument of the letter. That introduction of Jesus Christ which …
Now you will appreciate that it is possible to preach the entire Bible out of any part of the Bible. I could spend years preaching through Colossians and be able to justify every sermon as a legitimate exposition of this letter. I gave you a long ser…
Once again, as is the case with most of this material in these chapters of Luke, we have an incident not recorded in the other Gospels though it concerns people mentioned in the Gospel of John. There is a question as to why it is located where it …
Tonight we begin a new series of sermons on Paul’s letter to the Colossians. I have preached through Colossians before, but that series began in February of 1990, more than twenty two years ago. Colossians is a particularly interesting letter, as are…
Remember, we are near the beginning of a long section of the Gospel of Luke, often referred to in biblical scholarship as Luke’s “great interpolation,” that mostly contains material that is not found in the other Gospels. Assumin…