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2013.09.29 - COLOSSIANS REMIXED - Kevin Makins

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Colossians 1:15-20

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Targum written and read by Jenn Forneri

COLOSSIANS REMIXED - DOMINION & KINGDOM

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2013.09.22 - COLOSSIANS REMIXED - Kevin Makins

DOMINION & KINGDOM

Colossians 1:3-14

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,  being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption,the forgiveness of sins.

Targum written and read by Alex Drumm

COLOSSIANS REMIXED - REMIXED

2013.09.15 - COLOSSIANS REMIXED - Kevin Makins

REMIXED

Colossians 1:1-2

We begin our four month series on Colossians by getting some context on the time and place of the letter, and by exploring what it means to “remix scripture"… listening to some Daft Punk and Kanye West along the way.

Thanks to Brett Klassen for his hip-hop history lesson! Learn more about Brett and his music at clutchhiphop.bandcamp.com

Music led by Justine Lodder - starts 47 minutes in.

Same Page Sunday (Choose Life)

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2013.09.08 - Kevin Makins

Same Page Sunday (Choose Life)

Deuteronomy 30, Gospel of Matthew

It’s Same Page Sunday, when the whole church gets together to get on… well, the same page I suppose! 

We start with some reflection on Deuteronomy 30, which includes this absolute gem of a verse: 

“Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.”