Knowing About God vs. Knowing God (There's a HUGE Difference)

About this episode

This episode explores the difference between knowing about God and truly knowing Him, emphasizing spiritual growth through a deeper understanding of God as discussed in Paul's prayer in Colossians.

You can know everything about Winston Churchill — read his speeches, study his life, memorize his quotes — and still never have met him. You can have a PhD in the physics of bicycles and still not know how to ride one. And, as it turns out, you can know a lot about God... and still not actually know Him. In Day 13 of our Colossians devotional series, we land on a powerful phrase from Paul's prayer: "growing in the knowledge of God." And what Paul means by that is far deeper than information. ...

Topics covered

• knowing God
• spiritual growth
• Colossians devotional
• Christianity
• faith
• knowledge

Keywords

• knowing God
• spirituality
• Colossians
• Paul
• faith
• knowledge
• Winston Churchill
• devotional
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Colossians

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