06 Nov 16 – Jen Baker – Believe for a different outcome

Paul & Timothy’s Prayer for the Colossians Background Writing from prison in Rome, Paul had probably never visited Colossae but felt the need to write to them in order to combat false teachings which had infiltrated the Colossian church. Ideas were coming into the church from paganism, Judaism, and Greek philosophy. The heresy that was…

The Audio to this sermon is at the bottom. Or if you prefer, there’s a short video version here: The fundamental idea of righteousness is that of strict adherence to the law. Both Hebrew and Greek words contain the idea of conformity to a standard. God can be seen as righteous in two ways: Absolute…