“This salutation by my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.”—Colossians 4:18 (NKJV) We now come to...

“Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans,...

“Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that...

“Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes...

Check out this week's message takeaway recapping Pastor Doug's teaching on Colossians 4.

“Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me....

“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always...

“And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the...

“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.”—Colossians 4:2 (NASB) There’s a distinct chiastic structure...

“Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of...

Check out this week's message takeaway recapping Pastor Chris' teaching on Colossians 3:18–4:1.

“Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be...

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace....

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with...

“A renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman,...

“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is...

Check out this week's message takeaway recapping Pastor Doug's teaching on Colossians 3:1–17.

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the...

“Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world,...

“So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or...

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ....

“In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the...

Check out this week's message takeaway recapping Pastor Doug's teaching on Colossians 2.

“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought...

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built...

“I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. For though I am absent from...

“I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all...

“Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still...

Check out this week's message takeaway recapping Pastor Doug's teaching on Colossians 1:15–20.

“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he...

“The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were...

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he...

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask...

“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard...

Check out this week's message takeaway recapping Pastor Doug's teaching on Colossians 1.

“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to God’s holy people in...