(First published October 31, 2011) “Don’t let USC beat you twice.” That’s what Brian Kelley, football coach at Notre Dame, told the team last week. It’s what coaches often tell their teams. On October 22, 2011 ND lost to USC. On October 29, they were playing Navy. The challenge for the team during their preparation […]

(first published July 11, 2012) Paul writes a letter to some people he’s never seen. They live in the town of Colossae, a town that used to be important until the trade route changed. He tells them “All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the […]

Paul prayed. He was writing to a group of people he had never met. He’d heard about them though a mutual friend. As Epaphras spent time with Paul in prison, he told Paul all about this small group in a small town in Turkey. The last time Paul and Epaphras had talked was in Ephesus. […]

I’d love to have you join our Saturday small group. Sort of. If all of you came, we wouldn’t be a small group. But I’d love to have you participate this week. We’re taking some of the phrases from 1 Corinthians 13 and trying to illustrate them. My guess is that you have heard these […]