{"id":5489,"date":"2025-01-19T06:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T11:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=5489"},"modified":"2025-01-19T06:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T11:20:30","slug":"colossians-program-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=5489","title":{"rendered":"Colossians (Program #37)"},"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 #37) &#8211; Having Been Rooted In Christ And Being Built up in Him (1 &amp; 2)<\/p>\n<p>What is genuine spiritual growth?\u00a0 The term is found repeatedly in Scriptures and is tossed about quit freely by Christians.\u00a0 What does it really mean to grow or to grow in Christ?\u00a0 The apostle Paul uses this term many times with a corresponding phrase &#8220;we have been rooted in Christ.&#8221;\u00a0 as a plant or tree has been rooted into rich soil.\u00a0 Such a plant&#8217;s growth, not from studying the Bible or by determination or by laboring but it comes by absorbing the rich nutrients from the soil in which it has been rooted.\u00a0 Being rooted in Christ and growing with the growth of God that&#8217;s our topic on this life study of the Bible.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Colossians (Program #37)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-01-19T06:20:30-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Colossians (Program #37) - Having Been Rooted In Christ And Being Built up in Him (1 &amp;amp; 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