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Know Christ

Colossians 1:1-2, Philippians 3:4b-8a

June 26, 2016 • Pastor Tanner Sheahan

We live in a culture teeming with promises of fulfillment. Money, sexuality, possessions or even simplicity and obscurity or scientific advances promise to meet our deepest needs. But these are broken promises from the start and can never heal a broken world. This sermon introduces the overarching theme of Colossians, the infinite richness in the simplicity of knowing Jesus.

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