Beyond Belief: Colossians

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Relationships are the primary context for the ministry Jesus has given us to fulfill. Here we are friends, at the end of our fourteen-week series in Colossians! For three and a half months we’ve talked about what it...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Putting on the life of Jesus calls us to be prayerfully alert. Paul’s getting towards the end of his letter, which is why this section in a sense sends the Colossians out to do the work of God in the world. Paul...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Putting on the life of Jesus changes the way we relate to others, especially in our families and close relationships. Our passage for this week is certainly not without controversy. However, taking into account both...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Jesus’s word dwelling in our heart actively engages our horizontal and vertical relationships. For the past few weeks we’ve looked at chapter 3, and here’s a quick outline of what we’ve seen thus far: 3:1-4 - Seek the...

All discussion guides in this series →Vintage Downtown: On Sunday, October 16, Tyler was out sick, so Jordan filled in with a sermon out of John 4. Below is the corresponding discussion guide. Vintage Durham, North, West, and Chapel Hill will all remain in Colossians...

All discussion guides in this series → Vintage Downtown: On Sunday, October 16, Tyler was out sick, so Jordan filled in with a sermon out of John 4 (here's that discussion guide). The guide below is for Vintage Durham, North, West, and Chapel Hill the week of October...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Because “Christ is all and in all,” Jesus’ all-surpassing worth erases earthly means of determining worth and value in others. Yep, just one verse this week. But never fear, there’s loads to talk about here, because if...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Being rooted in Jesus and renewed after his image leads to putting away sin. Despite the chapter break, Paul’s flow of thought here in chapter 3 is directly connected to the previous chapter. Specifically his intro,...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Being rooted in Christ, don’t submit to any deception or pressure. Finally, seven weeks into our series, we come to the nitty gritty of the problems in Colossae. In 2:16-23, Paul gets into some of the specifics of the...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Jesus has triumphed so we can place our full trust (be rooted) in Him. Be sure to notice the shift of thought that Paul makes in verse 8 here. Verses 6-7 look backwards at 1:1-2:5 while 8-15 begin a whole new line of...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Being knit together in love we can find true knowledge and reject false knowledge. Most of Paul’s letters start with some sort of theology before getting to exhortation or application, and this week in Colossians 2:1-5...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: The work of Jesus in and through us. Last week we looked at Paul’s ode to Jesus, the preeminent King through whom and for whom all things were made. We could call that section the how of the gospel (God’s power) and...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: Jesus, both in his person and in work, is worthy of our devotion. When it comes to understanding who Jesus is and what he has accomplished, this text right here is one of the pinnacles. In our discussion we’ll talk...

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: This is the fruit the gospel bears. Many of Paul’s letters start with a prayer for the church or person receiving it, and those prayers, like we saw in verses 1-8, often focus on the theme(s) of the letter as a whole....

All discussion guides in this series →Main focus: The gospel bears fruit. This week we’re jumping into the book of Colossians, and we’ll be going verse by verse through the entire thing—the series extends through November 13, right up until Vintage’s 20th anniversary....