{"id":7255,"date":"2020-07-05T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gracepointephrata.org\/fbc\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2020-12-10T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:38:36","slug":"free-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gracepointephrata.org\/fbc\/2020\/07\/05\/free-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Free at Last! &#8211; Colossians 2:16-23"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]In the Handbook of Christian Apologetics Peter Kreeft writes;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGod did not design the Bible to be a dark puzzle for bright scholars, but to be a bright lamp for travelers through a dark world.\u201d \u2014Peter Kreeft &amp; Ronald Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics, p.213<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Today\u2019s message is from Colossians 2:16-23 and is entitled \u201cFree at Last!\u201d which declares that for the believer in Jesus Christ your freedom in found in Him. 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