{"id":5484,"date":"2025-01-14T06:20:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2025-01-14T06:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:20:40","slug":"colossians-program-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=5484","title":{"rendered":"Colossians (Program #32)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Colossians (Program #32) &#8211; Having Been Rooted In Christ To Grow with the Growth of God<\/p>\n<p>In many places the New Testament presents us with the matter of growing or growth.  Christians like to use this term to express in a general way their spiritual progress.  But actually, the Bible is not so general in its use of the term.  It&#8217;s quite specific in fact.  To point out that it is not us that grow at all, but actually God who grows or increases in us.  &#8220;How can God grow?&#8221; You are probably asking.  Or, why does God need to grow?  Well, we&#8217;ll look at these questions today on this life study of the Bible from the book of Colossians.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Colossians (Program #32)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-01-14T06:20:40-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Colossians (Program #32) - Having Been Rooted In Christ To Grow with the Growth of God\r\n\r\nIn many places the New Testament presents us with the matter of growing or growth.  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