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Reading Colossians in a Public Way, Part 2 (TMF:2923)

Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Peace to Live By: Reading Colossians in a Public Way, Part 2 (TMF:2923) - Daniel Litton
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       But it definitely seems to shed new light on a Biblical book when it is read out loud, or in our case in present day to listen to an audio version of the book. When it is heard out loud, it seems to sometimes change the way the information is interrupted. One thing for sure is that it brings a greater collective or communal vibe over the text rather than that individual vibe we are very used to in reading the text over and over to ourselves. Interestingly, the speaker came across an interesting piece of information lately (and it’s not recalled from where) that said the personal reading of documents is more of a modern thing, say in the last several hundred years. The personal reading of documents doesn’t appear to have existed much at all in prior times, but that most documents were read publicly. Pretty interesting that is, and something that folks might want to look into on their own time. Regardless, Paul mentions a letter from Laodicea, and that the Colossians should also read that letter. Obviously, this is a letter that’s not in the Bible, not in the New Testament canon.