In our 2 part series on the reliability of the New Testament, we take a look at the impact all the textual variants - differences between the thousands of ancient New Testament manuscripts - has on that reliability.

Is the English New Testament we have today reliable? How close is it to what the original New Testament authors wrote? Pastor David explores common objections to the reliability of the New Testament and what New Testament scholars from the field of Textual Criticism have to say about them.

At the end of what he wrote in Colossians 3-4 on what's true about believers and the living that's supposed to flow from that, the apostle Paul gives some spiritual 'Pro Tips' that can act like cheat codes in the believer's spiritual life. Pastor David walks us through them and teaches on how to experience them in our living.

Last week we dove into what walking in the Spirit looks like in our families. Today, Pastor David takes a look at the apostle Paul's teaching on how believing slaves and masters were to walk in the Spirit in his day, and how that applies to employees and bosses who are believers in our day.

Keep seeking and setting your minds on things above, putting to death what's sinful in you, putting on spiritual character, letting Christ's peace rule, letting His word live in you richly, and being thankful in all circumstances.  All of that comes before and sets the foundation for what Paul teaches next in his letter - how to have the best family ever! Pastor David shares Paul's instructions on how wives, husbands, kids, and dads all work together to create this!

After writing about how believers are to "put to death" sinful things and to "put on" spiritual things, the apostle Paul turns his focus onto two things believers need to let happen and one all-encompassing "whatever" instruction when it come to what they say and do. Pastor David explores these, drawing out their importance and application in our lives.

Love, agape love, love that, at its core, is passionate about sacrificing itself to benefit others, is what demonstrates to the world that we're Jesus disciples. But what does agape love look like in our lives, what does it do? Pastor David delves deeper into what it means to put on love above all the other qualities listed in Colossians 3, revealing what true and authentic agape loves does.

We've been exploring Colossians chapter 3 where it talks about how believers are to put on certain spiritual qualities. Today, Pastor David teaches on the most important quality, the quality that is to go on over top of all those other qualities and that wraps them all up together in perfect harmony - love.

Having worked through a step-by-step process for putting on the new self (aka, walking in step with the Spirit), Pastor David unpacks what the apostle Paul says next in his letter to the church at Colossae: there are two foundational ways of relating that every Spirit-filled church consistently and constantly lives out.

In Colossians 3 we're told to put on things like a compassionate heart, kindness, patience, etc. In Galatians 5 we told if we live by the Spirit, then we're to walk in step with the Spirit. Ok, I know I should, but how exactly? That's a question that often plagues believers. Pastor David explores how those two commandments are fundamentally similar, and shares a step-by-step process that will enable you to experience the incredible blessing God has in store as you put on those things, and walk in step with His Spirit.