The slides from a 30-minute talk I gave on Jan 4, 2011 at the EEFC in Manitoba, Canada regarding how Christ and his mission relates to all of life.

1. allthings

2. 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together.
Colossians 1

3. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so
that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For
God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Colossians 1

4. 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together.
Colossians 1

5. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so
that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For
God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Colossians 1

6. 1. see

7. Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pick blackberries.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

8. For Christ plays in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of
men’s faces.
Gerard Manley Hopkins

9. “When I run, I feel His pleasure.” Eric Liddell

11. 1. see
2. engage

12. For God was pleased to have all his
fullness dwell in him, and through him to
reconcile to himself all things...
Colossians 3:19-20

13. ...[God] reconciled us to himself through
Christ and gave us the ministry of
reconciliation: that God was reconciling
the world to himself in Christ, not
counting people’s sins against them.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

14. And whatever you do, whether in word or
deed, do it all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father
through him.
Colossians 3:17

15. AFTER
BEFORE

17. 1. see
2. engage
3. share

21. thankyou