Truth For Life Blog

“Dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh” (Col. 2:13) is not the most pleasant way to describe someone’s past. This, however, is precisely the diagnosis that Paul gave the believers in Colossae. The Colossians had been sinners against God, deserving His just punishment; and they—like the Ephesians—had been “strangers to the covenants of promise” (Eph. 2:12) in which the Jewish people found hope. In other words, the Colossians needed forgiveness but had no obvious expectation of receiving it. They were as good as dead and in need of a radical intervention.

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Dear Friend,

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“‘Today you will be with me in paradise’ is the whisper of Christ to every dying saint.”
—C.H. Spurgeon

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Gathering in person to worship and learn from God’s Word Sunday by Sunday is essential to our spiritual health and vital for a Christ-centered church community.

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A story is told that one year at the Summer Olympics, three men hoped to get into the stadium as spectators: an Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman. Standing outside the stadium with no tickets in hand, the three noticed a construction site nearby and got creative.

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“Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear.”
Isaiah 59:1

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If we are going to stand in the ranks of Christ’s army, we cannot be naive about the battle in which we fight. The same grace that reconciles us to God antagonizes us to the devil.

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“The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy: My soul shall dive in and shall be swallowed up in the delights of His company.”
C.H. Spurgeon

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Honor is a word we don’t use all that often, especially when we think of our church relationships. But in our culture of self-promotion, Christians are called to demonstrate humility and approach worshipping God and interacting with our church communities from a posture of love and honor. The brand-new book Honor: Loving Your Church by Building One Another Up will challenge your thinking about this topic and compel you to take seriously Jesus’ instructions to put others above yourself.

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Jonah was a prophet on the run from the Lord. When the command came to preach to Ninevah, he “rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.” In the port city of Joppa, conveniently, he “found a ship going to Tarshish” (Jonah 1:3).

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