S4:292 Colossians

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

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🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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"In Colossians 1:15–20, Paul gives this sweeping picture of Christ as the image of the invisible God and the one in whom all things hold together. How would Paul’s original audience have heard that, and why is it so important for us to grasp today? What do we know about the false teaching in Colossae—and how do we discern the difference between helpful wisdom and deceptive philosophy today? What does Paul mean by ""put off the old self"", and how does it practically shape the way Christians live in community? In today's episode, Emma Dotter talks with Watermark member, Amber Hapka about the book of Colossians. Amber gives us the context of Colossians and unpacks how we can be discerners of wisdom, living in ways that honor the Lord. You can also check out the Join The Journey Jr. Podcast: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/join-the-journey-junior/id1660089898 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6SG7aaE1ZjjFkgB34G8zp3?si=c960a63736904665 Check out the Join The Journey Website for today's devotional and more resources! https://www.jointhejourney.com/ Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Watermark-Community-Church/author/B0BRYP5MQK?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1755623322&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=8aeeec3b-6c1c-416d-87ae-5dfbbb6981df"

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0:00.0	All right, all right, join the Journey family, friends, and guests.
0:04.5	You're listening to Join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.
0:09.2	Thanks for joining this Advent season.
0:11.7	We are finishing year of the word strong, as today we are reading Colossians,
0:16.5	and I am in the podcast studio, or maybe I should say back in the podcast studio with a good friend
0:22.4	and faithful Watermark member, Amber Havka.
0:25.4	Hello, I'm so glad to be here. Thanks for having me, Emma.
0:28.1	You are so welcome. I'm so glad you're back.
0:31.1	Amber, for those who don't know just super quickly, where are you involved at Watermark?
0:35.3	My primary area of ministry right now is leading our support group for foster and adoptive moms. And I'll talk a little bit more about why that's so personal and mean so much to us. Also get to lead in our ladies only division of equipped disciple. I also pulls from Colossians. So really excited about what we're going to talk about this.
0:53.2	Yes. So kicking off the study of a new book, what do we need to know about Colossians? A really excited about what we're going to talk about this. Yes. So kicking off the study of a new
0:55.2	book, what do we need to know about Colossians? A couple of really important things. Paul
0:59.4	wrote to the people of Colossi because he cared so deeply about them and wanting them to have a
1:06.3	deeper relationship with the Lord. This is a church that he did not start. He had not met these people.
1:12.4	We affectionately refer to, I think it's help me with the, help me with the pronunciation of
1:17.5	Epaphras. Yes. But we call him Epap in our house. It's just easier. Oh, I like that. Yeah.
1:22.3	So yeah. So as Franny Pap, you know, had helped to start this church. And Paul just encourages them how he has been encouraged to hear about their love for the Lord while he's in prison, one of many times, right?
1:36.1	And he says, hey, I know that you have this knowledge and understanding of who Christ is, but be careful.
1:43.3	There's false teaching out there, you know. And he says,
1:46.8	you know, especially in Colossians one where he just starts with the supremacy of who Christ is.
1:53.3	So just bringing them back to what they already know, what they've already trusted in with Christ's
1:57.3	sacrifice. And then he just moves through the rest of this short but powerful book
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