{"id":1683,"date":"2025-07-02T20:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T02:07:07","slug":"colossians-chapter-1-pastor-chris-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"Colossians Chapter 1 &#8211; Pastor Chris Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1683\" class=\"elementor elementor-1683\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f044b99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f044b99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88e9097\" data-id=\"88e9097\" 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\/><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-cover bdt-overlay bdt-overlay-default bdt-transition-fade\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content-inner\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex-inline bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link elementor-clickable icon-type-icon \" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-caption=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC00033-scaled.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-plus-2\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item bdt-transition-toggle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-inner bdt-image-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-thumbnail bdt-transition-toggle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1165500119-612x612-1.jpg\" class=\"jgalleryImage\" alt=\"Close up of young man hands hold and reading holy bible.Christian faith concept\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1165500119-612x612-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1165500119-612x612-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-cover bdt-overlay bdt-overlay-default bdt-transition-fade\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content-inner\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex-inline bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link elementor-clickable icon-type-icon \" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-caption=\"Close up of young man hands hold and reading holy bible.Christian faith concept\" href=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1165500119-612x612-1.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-plus-2\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item bdt-transition-toggle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div 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bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link elementor-clickable icon-type-icon \" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-caption=\"Cropped shot of an unrecognizable man reading a book\" href=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-875887484-612x612-1.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-plus-2\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item bdt-transition-toggle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-inner bdt-image-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-thumbnail bdt-transition-toggle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1041528538-612x612-1.jpg\" class=\"jgalleryImage\" alt=\"Closeup shot of reading holy bible.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1041528538-612x612-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1041528538-612x612-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-cover bdt-overlay bdt-overlay-default bdt-transition-fade\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content-inner\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex-inline bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link elementor-clickable icon-type-icon \" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-caption=\"Closeup shot of reading holy bible.\" href=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1041528538-612x612-1.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-plus-2\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item bdt-transition-toggle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-inner bdt-image-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-thumbnail bdt-transition-toggle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1149069543-612x612-2.jpg\" class=\"jgalleryImage\" alt=\"Close up of Young christian man standing at concrete wall while read bible with window light\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1149069543-612x612-2.jpg 612w, https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1149069543-612x612-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-cover bdt-overlay bdt-overlay-default bdt-transition-fade\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content-inner\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex-inline bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link elementor-clickable icon-type-icon \" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-caption=\"Close up of Young christian man standing at concrete wall while read bible with window light\" href=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1149069543-612x612-2.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-plus-2\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item bdt-transition-toggle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-inner bdt-image-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-thumbnail bdt-transition-toggle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1257428165-612x612-1.jpg\" class=\"jgalleryImage\" alt=\"two women reading and study bible  in home and pray together.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1257428165-612x612-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/mbcmuncie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/istockphoto-1257428165-612x612-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-cover bdt-overlay bdt-overlay-default bdt-transition-fade\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-content-inner\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex-inline bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-image-gallery-item-link elementor-clickable icon-type-icon \" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-caption=\"two women reading and study bible  in home and pray together.\" 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