A Good Reputation 23 April 2017 PM – Colossians 4:7-15 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: When people think of us, they think of our reputation. In the mind of every person who knows us there is a database of information. That information is based on our attitudes, appearance, words and actions. It is based […]
Christian Duties 9 April 2017 PM – Colossians 4:2-6 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: After speaking to wives, husbands, children, fathers, employees and employers of their need to be Word-filled to do their difficult tasks, Paul follows this with two important Christian duties. Transition: This evening we are going to learn what those duties […]
Word-filled Worker & Boss 2 April 2017 PM – Colossians 3:22-4:1 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: In Bible days, slavery was common. Slaves had little motivate to do a good job for their master beyond what was necessary to avoid a beating. Masters were often unkind and unfair with their slaves. Thus, the relationship […]
Word-filled Fathers 26 March 2017 PM – Colossians 3:21 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: (Read Text) Sir Arnold Lunn, in Memory to Memory, quotes from a book by M. E. Clifton James about Field Marshal Montgomery. Montgomery was famous as a disciplinarian—but there was another side to him. Clifton James was studying him during […]
Word-filled Children 12 March 2017 PM – Colossians 3:20 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: Charles Spurgeon, who died in 1892, said, “Nowadays, there are some children who seem to be at the head of the family, and the parents obey them in all things. This is very foolish and wrong; and when their children […]
Word-filled Husbands 5 March 2017 PM – Colossians 3:19 – Scott Childs Introduction: Read Colossians 3:19. Love and bitterness are like the two ends of a seesaw. When one end is up, the other is down. You cannot possibly be loving and bitter at the same time. If you biblically love your wife, you will […]
Word-filled Wives 26 February 2017 PM – Colossians 3:18 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: God just had Paul explain to us the Word-filled life that occurs when a Christian lets the Word of Christ dwell in him richly. We learned that this will result in teaching, admonishing, singing, and giving thanks. These are evidence […]
Let the Word of Christ Dwell 19 February 2017 PM – Colossians 3:16-17 – Scott Childs Introduction: While honeybees are busy collecting nectar from flowers, their flapping wings create static electricity in their bodies. Their bodies then attract pollen like a magnet. They use their legs to collect the pollen from their bodies and store […]
Christian Interrelationships 12 February 2017 PM – Colossians 3:12-15 – Scott Childs Introduction: Being kind to a loving friend is easy. Being kind to a person who hurts you is another story. It is far easier to respond to him or her in anger or revenge. A Christian’s interactions or interrelations with others are to […]
Active Change 5 February 2017 PM – Colossians 3:8-11 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: When God saves a person, he changes their life from the inside. (2 Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” The Holy […]