Sermons on Ministry
The Gospel as a Group Effort
It is a wonderful thing when the body of Christ comes together. It’s a reminder that God brings people who have every reason to be separated together through the work of the Spirit. It is powerful to see people bring their various gifts and talents together for the building up of the body. Those blessings of doing ministry together are exactly how Paul closes his…
A Pastor’s Burden for His People
As we move into the second chapter of Colossians, Paul’s focus doesn’t seem to change much from what we learned about last week. He has talked about his ministry to the church, and what some essential characteristics of that ministry are. This week, we will look at the first 7 verses of chapter 2 and hear what Paul’s ministry works towards. If last week…
A Picture of Faithful Ministry
As we come to the conclusion of the first chapter of Colossians, we are going to see a broad overview of what gospel ministry looks like. Now, our conclusion might be that Paul was called to ministry, but there isn’t much in the way of personal application from a passage like this. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Paul expects and anticipates that all…