Posts with the category “dna-of-a-dangerous-church”

Highlight Paul concludes his letter with specific ways the church can be praying for him and for the message of Christ to extend. Through his request, he adds the last charge for the church of Colossa...  Read More

Highlight Chapter 3 is the practical way a follower of Christ should live. “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentlen...  Read More

Highlight Paul reminds the audience that Christ is the ultimate authority (vv 9-10) - head over the body of believers. Therefore, the “rules” and false teaching created by men have no standing aga...  Read More

Highlight Christology is defined as the branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature and role of Christ. Paul writes some of the highest Christology in the entire New Testament here in ...  Read More

Highlight Paul is writing this letter while in Rome under house arrest and waiting for his trial before Caesar. Talk about a potentially devastating state to be in. Yet, he tells the church to “Rejoic...  Read More

Before We Start A unique aspect of the Christian faith is Jesus' teaching that those who followed Him would become a completely new community, a new family, a new Kingdom of people unlike any other on...  Read More

Highlight One writing technique that Paul uses in his letters is exemplification, where he will alternate between the positive and negative traits his audience should uphold or avoid. Here in chapter ...  Read More

Highlight If you read verse 12 too quickly, you might misread what Paul is saying when he says “continue to work out your salvation…” He is not saying that salvation is attained through work. Rather h...  Read More

Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi was a personal letter of gratitude and joy. It does not seem to have been intended to be circulated like some of his other letters. He wrote to the Philippians ...  Read More

Highlight Paul closes the letter to Ephesus by bringing the audience back to the heavenly realm that he mentions earlier in the letter. He teaches them how they can prepare themselves for the spiritua...  Read More

Highlight Paul gives practical application on how to live a life in Christ Jesus. He explains that as a Christ follower you should now live “as dearly loved children and walk in the ways of love, jus...  Read More

Before We Start A unique aspect of the Christian faith is Jesus' teaching that those who followed Him would become a completely new community, a new family, a new Kingdom of people unlike any other on...  Read More

Highlight Ephesians 4 is Paul’s great battle cry to the Church. He calls every believer to live a life worthy of their calling, emphasizing unity and maturity in the body of Christ. He speaks of the d...  Read More

Highlight In Acts 22 Paul shares his testimony of becoming a follower of Jesus and he begins by saying who he was before Christ: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I ...  Read More

Highlight It would be difficult to overstate the difference Jesus makes in the lives of those that choose to follow him. Paul goes so far as to say not just that we were on a road toward death in our ...  Read More

Highlight Paul's letter to the Ephesians is a profound theological treatise on the nature of the church and the believer's place in God's eternal plan. In Ephesians 1, Paul prays for the believers, as...  Read More

Highlight As we saw last week, Paul's letter to the Galatians addresses the early church's struggles with legalism and the true essence of Christian freedom. As Paul concludes his letter he emphasizes...  Read More

Welcome to Week Two of the DNA of a Dangerous Church Reading Plan! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find inform...  Read More

Highlight Paul makes a powerful statement in Galatians 5:6, “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love”. He urges the Galatians to use their freedom not for self-indulgence bu...  Read More

Highlight Paul uses the analogy of an heir and a slave to illustrate our new status in Christ. We are no longer slaves but children of God, and if children, then heirs. This new identity should transf...  Read More

Highlight This chapter focuses on reliance on faith versus the law. Paul argues that the law was a guardian of the Jews’ covenant with God until Christ came, but now that faith has come, we are no lon...  Read More

Highlight Here Paul recounts his visit to Jerusalem and his confrontation with Peter (also called Cephas - a transliteration into Greek of his Aramaic name). The issue at hand was the inclusion of Gen...  Read More

Highlight The Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Galatians at an important time in the life and growth of the early church. The Gospel has now taken root not only among Jews who believe that Jesus i...  Read More