Sermons on Colossians

Sermons on Colossians

The Elect of God

The Elect of God Colossians 3:12-17; 1 Peter 2:9-12 Dec. 29th, 2024   Introduction: Election is one of those topics that is hard to process because it involves a paradox; people have free will, yet God is completely in charge and has no limit to His power and authority.  I, for one, have gotten used to such paradoxes because I believe in a Trinity, that God is completely one and completely three and the same time, yet one and only…

Setting the Mind

Setting the Mind Colossians 3:2-4; Matthew 6:19-21 Sunday, August 11, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 12th Sunday after Pentecost Introduction I have a photo up on the screen which I downloaded from the internet.  The picture is of Alex Honnold, a celebrated mountaineer known for his daring ascents of mountains and cliffs.  Recently he broke the world record for climbing El Capitan, a sheer cliff of enormous height in Yosemite National Park.  He achieved the climb…