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Your best life now…is hidden. Not inside of you—like some dormant seed that, once found, can be watered, nurtured, and coaxed into maximum fruit-production—but hidden. Your Hidden Life Now; perhaps this could be the subtitle of the letter to the Colossians. The third chapter of Colossians describes what may seem like a bit of a … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-11 Commentary by Karl Jacobson”

Throughout the New Testament, human reality and conduct are interrelated. Our reality involves our relationship to God be it positive or negative. Positively the writers of the New Testament depict such reality in various ways including being in God’s kingdom; being a child of God; being in the light; being made righteous; or being in … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-11 Commentary by Richard Carlson”

The “heavenly-mindedness” of this text presents an immediate problem to the preacher. How can the author move from a severe criticism of dualism in chapter two to counseling the community to, “Set your minds on things that are above, not things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:2) in the very next breath? Let me suggest … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-11 Commentary by Brian J. Walsh”

Colossians is in many ways “the epistle in the middle.” It seems to be midway in the development from the historical Paul to documents such as Ephesians and 1-2 Timothy and Titus that are clearly written in a later generation to update Paul for a new day. It therefore has characteristics of a letter by … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-4 Commentary by Walter F. Taylor, Jr.”

Why do we tell the Easter story? How is it more than simply the tale of something amazing that happened a long time ago–or a recounting of the mighty act of God in the past? We tell the story, of course, because we are confident that the story includes us, that we are somehow participants … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-4 Commentary by Sandra Hack Polaski”

In Colossians, Paul addresses a way of thinking and existing that runs counter to the thought and life rooted in the good news of Jesus Christ. We just don’t really know for sure what this other “philosophy” was. Most likely, it was not something definite — Stoicism, mystical Judaism, or the like. It was probably … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-4 Commentary by Kyle Fever”

When I read passages such as these, I always wonder how they will be heard by the people sitting in the church. The language of Colossians 3:1-4 is very imaged, metaphorical. It talks about “being raised with Christ,” about “Christ being seated at the right hand of God,” about the “things of above,” about the … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-4 Commentary by Valerie Nicolet-Anderson”

Re-thinking, re-imagining, and even re-casting our ideas about who God is, apparently, nothing new. As Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) put it, “Christ didn’t come to Earth to give us the willies… He came to help us out. He was a booster. And it is with that take on our Lord in mind that we’ve come … Continue reading “Colossians 2:6-15[16-19] Commentary by Karl Jacobson”

This can be a very challenging passage to interpret. It contains a number of rather unique images and metaphors, uses words and concepts that are rare or unique in the New Testament, and unfolds in very dense sentences populated with numerous subordinate clauses. What is most important to realize when dealing with this passage in … Continue reading “Colossians 2:6-15[16-19] Commentary by Richard Carlson”

With a wonderful mixed metaphor, our passage captures the dynamics of Christian discipleship. “As you, therefore, have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith … abounding in thanksgiving” (Colossians 2:6-7). Live or “walk” in Christ, abounding or “overflowing” in … Continue reading “Colossians 2:6-15[16-19] Commentary by Brian J. Walsh”