The book of Exodus opens with an improbable cast of characters taking on Pharaoh: five women, four of them slaves, one, a princess. This text’s rich tapestry of detail invites us to consider God’s love for the downtrodden and his contempt for unjust power. I hope that this ...
If Jesus is the highest authority, if he defeated all the spiritual forces the Colossians feared, how should they live? In Colossians 3, Paul drives his point home: he challenges the Colossians to live their lives in light of the future that is coming in Christ. The first phrase in this chapter is, “Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ.” To Paul, dying and being raised from the dead with Christ are things that have already happened.
