Library of Articles

The Sabbath was Israel's covenant sign — never given to the Body of Christ. This article examines Seventh-day Sabbatarians, Sunday-as-Sabbath Christians, and the church holy day calendar, showing why the unspoken requirement to observe certain days is the most oppressive form of calendar bondage. Paul settles it in Colossians 2:16.

A Facebook post claims Paul only taught believers not to be judged for keeping days — not that they should stop. This article examines the direction of Colossians 2:16, the Acts 15 council ruling, and what Paul's delight in the law actually means.

Colossians 1:23 is routinely read as a threat to the believer's security in Christ. This article shows how Paul uses conditional language throughout his prison epistles, what grounded and settled actually describes, and why the if of verse 23 is an invitation to rest in the hope of the gospel, not a condition on the reconciliation.

The hope of the gospel is not a future reward to be earned but Christ in you — the present, sealed reality of being complete in Him and seated in heavenly places. This article examines why the hope Paul describes transforms the believer's walk from striving to gratitude.