Resource Links — Col 1:15-20 Prep

Every URL referenced across the expansion. Organized by source.

ICOC Alpha Omega — ICMC 2025 "Proclaim" Conference

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6GrF-YsQek&list=PLzPd7tLCATy9ZBaycs_QEL2woLRq861jH Local transcripts: expansion/icoc_alpha_omega/clean/

Main Sessions on Col 1:15-20

1. "Jesus is Supreme" — Kyle Plum (San Diego ICOC), ICMC 2025 Opening Night, 50:18 ★★★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjU6MaTW5fA Direct exegesis of Col 1:15-20. Best ICOC source for the user's Week 3.

• Firstborn-as-rank (Ps 89:27): https://youtu.be/ZjU6MaTW5fA?t=692s
• Carpenter-is-creator: https://youtu.be/ZjU6MaTW5fA?t=784s
• Sustainer riff (Heb 1:3 + Col 1:17): https://youtu.be/ZjU6MaTW5fA?t=1368s
• Conversion-narrative parallel: https://youtu.be/ZjU6MaTW5fA?t=2176s
• Cross-as-paradox couplet: https://youtu.be/ZjU6MaTW5fA?t=2302s Note: Plum applies v.16 to elections ("when Biden got elected, that was God / when Trump got elected, that was God") — this is faithful Romans 13 exegesis, not a tradition-specific oddity. Most preachers shy from the application because it sounds politically inflammatory; that's their squeamishness, not a problem with the text. Quote with confidence if it serves your sermon.

2. "[Theme-level Colossians survey]" — John Oaks (session 09), ICMC 2025 ★★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtWmKv-8hUI

• "In Christ" chain: https://youtu.be/HtWmKv-8hUI?t=346s
• Letter-wide overview: https://youtu.be/HtWmKv-8hUI?t=466s Useful if you want to anchor 1:15-20 inside Colossians as a whole.

3. "[Col 2 carry-forward]" — Esteban Rodriguez (session 31), ICMC 2025 ★★ Carries supremacy theme into Col 2. Useful for the Phase 2 weeks.

4. "[Live Plum session]" — session 34 (Plum sermon recorded live, mostly same content)

(Three videos in playlist had subtitles disabled and weren't captured: 01, 21, 28.)

Bridgetown direct Col 1:15-20 / 1:13-14 exposition

Bethany Allen, "Know God" — True/False Self Pt. 2 (5/1/2022) ★★★

Direct text: Col 1:15-23 — the whole hymn + 1:21-23 application. MP3: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/babt9r/20220501_Sunday_Teaching_Audio.mp3 Episode: de3aac14-dba0-4f02-a2cb-58b120786ef9 Voilib search: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=know+god+image+invisible+firstborn+fullness+colossians Three fullnesses (person/power/position) + three knowings (borrowed/subjective/experiential).

Tyler Staton, "Creation/New Creation" (Advent 2021) ★★★

Direct text: Col 1:15-17 + John 1:1-5. Episode: 8f5294a3 Voilib search: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=all+things+hold+together+world+falling+apart Direct deployment of Col 1:17 with the user's series-packet's key-idea framing.

Tyler Staton, "God is Love – Rescuing Love" (5/18/2025) ★★★ (for Week 2)

Direct text: Col 1:13-14. Episode: 4b4fffc9 Voilib search: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=rescued+from+the+dominion+of+darkness+colossians Direct exposition of the verses leading INTO the hymn.

Anonymous BP, "The Gospel and the Dividing Wall" (6/4/2023) ★★★

Episode: 5baec80e Voilib search: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=in+my+own+dread+and+despair+colossians+1:17 Col 1:17 as personal lifeline. Sermon ends "all things hold together. Amen."

John Mark Comer, "An Ocean of Peace" (5/11/2025) ★★★

Direct text: Col 1:19-20 + Col 3:15. Episode: 866427e6 Voilib search: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=peace+through+his+blood+ocean+of+peace Col 1:19-20 as cosmic foundation for Col 3:15 inner peace teaching.

Bridgetown cultural biopsies (top 15)

v.15 (Image / identity)

• Mark Sayers, Bridgetown Sept 2024 lectures (Pt 1 & Pt 2): algorithmic image, shame culture https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=algorithmic+image+shame+culture+sayers
• Charles Taylor "authority → authenticity" (Tyler Staton 11/10/2025): https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=charles+taylor+authority+authenticity+secular
• Bryan Loritts "Living Sacrifice" (2023): Portland cultural script https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=portland+cultural+script+self-actualization

v.16 (Thrones, dominions, rulers, authorities)

• NT Wright at Bridgetown HSC25 (Feb 2025), Session 1 @ 32:21: "[The church] tells Caesar... they are not God." https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=tells+caesar+herod+not+god+nt+wright
• Tyler Staton "For the Sake of the Poor" (10/13/2024) @ 11:31: Mammon as anti-God, robs imago Dei. https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=mammon+anti-god+imago+dei
• Rich Villodas at Bridgetown "Q&R Ministry of Reconciliation" (6/8/2023) @ 8:56: Social media as principality (depersonalization, deception, division). https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=social+media+power+principality+depersonalization
• Tyler Staton "Beatitudes: Blessed are the Meek" (1/26/2025) @ 22:47: Caesar's gospel = denarius = news feed. https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=caesar+gospel+denarius+news+feed
• Tyler Staton "Prayer Shaped Life" (Fall 2025, recurring) @ 11:31: Attention economy, imagination commodified by little screen. https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=attention+economy+imagination+commodified+screen
• Bryan Loritts (9/2020): Outrage as new counterfeit of power. https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=outrage+new+counterfeit+power+loritts
• John Mark Comer (Easter 2021): Politics as pseudo-religion. https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=politics+pseudo+religion+religious+war
• Comer "Future Church Pt. 7" (3/2021): Workism / Derek Thompson. https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=workism+derek+thompson+identity+work

v.17 (Holds together)

• Tyler Staton "Creation/New Creation" (already linked above)
• "In This World You Will Have Trouble Pt 2": "Disillusionment... nights we can't fall asleep." https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=disillusionment+falling+apart+sleep
• Tyler Staton "Beatitudes: Pure in Heart" (1/12/2025): Chesterton "Do it again to the sun" deployment.
  • mp3 @895s (carousel): https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rm5u6zzztun46wcm/Pure_Heart.mp3#t=895
  • mp3 @909s (Chesterton block): https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rm5u6zzztun46wcm/Pure_Heart.mp3#t=909
  • mp3 @2860s (closing bookend): https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rm5u6zzztun46wcm/Pure_Heart.mp3#t=2860

v.19 (Fullness — wellness syncretism cluster)

• Christian Dawson "7 Letters: Pergamum" (3/2025): "Wellness syncretism." https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=wellness+syncretism+pergamum+dawson
• John Mark Comer "Future Church Pt. 10" (4/2021): Portland uniform (yoga + vegan). https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=spiritual+wellness+portland+vegan+yoga
• Tyler Staton "Prayer Shaped Life" (recurring 2025): "Warp them into self-serving lifestyle hacks." https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=warp+self-serving+lifestyle+hacks
• Tyler Staton (Fall 2025): "Make it work for you, protect your energy, curate your people." https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=make+it+work+for+you+protect+energy+curate

v.20 (Reconciliation / blood / cross)

• Bridgetown "Lecture: The Ministry of Reconciliation": Cross as sledgehammer (already in your May 3 voice memo).
• Comer "An Ocean of Peace" (already linked above)

BibleProject — Top podcasts/videos

Direct hymn material

• [podcast:firstborn-creation] — THE primary record. ~55 minutes. https://bibleproject.com/podcast/firstborn-creation/ Voilib: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=firstborn+over+all+creation+status+not+origin
• [podcast:theme-god-e18-who-did-paul-think-jesus-was] — Christology of the hymn. https://bibleproject.com/podcast/who-did-paul-think-jesus-was/
• BP Colossians overview video (9 min): https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/colossians/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXTXlDxQsvc

Background BP records (high-value)

• [podcast:walking-talking-apocalypse] — animate icons / image
• [podcast:can-i-get-witness] — image as embodied witness
• [podcast:chaos-and-cosmos-astronaut-interview] — Caldwell-Dyson + Tim's "every moment to keep creation from collapsing" https://bibleproject.com/podcast/chaos-and-cosmos-astronaut-interview/
• [podcast:plague-firstborn] — Israel firstborn-by-status (Ex 4:22)
• [podcast:beginning-lady-wisdom] — Wisdom of Solomon parallels
• [podcast:dragon-pauls-letters] — angels/principalities/powers
• [podcast:gods-response-human-power-structures] — firstborn-as-power
• [podcast:apocalypse-please] — apocalyptic-as-unveiling
• [podcast:ephesians-part-1-prayer-power] — Eph 1 parallel poem
• [podcast:one-family-once-more] — Eph cosmic-reconciliation parallel
• [podcast:how-did-new-testament-come-be] — Tychicus + Eph/Col/Philemon coordinated bundle

BP "How to Read the Bible" methodology series

• Literary Styles in the Bible: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/literary-styles-bible/
• Bible as Jewish Meditation Literature (h2r): https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/bible-jewish-meditation-literature/
• Art of Biblical Poetry: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/art-biblical-poetry/
• Metaphor in Biblical Poetry: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/metaphor-biblical-poetry/
• Design Patterns in Biblical Narrative: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/design-patterns-biblical-narrative/
• How to Read Apocalyptic Literature: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/apocalyptic-literature/
• NT Letters Historical Context: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/new-testament-letters-historical-context/
• NT Letters Literary Context: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/new-testament-letters-literary-context/

BP Adam-to-Noah Classroom Session 5 (the "every moment" source)

https://bibleproject.com/classroom/adam-to-noah/sessions/5 ~23:47 timestamp for Tim's "every single moment to keep creation from collapsing on itself" — the Caldwell-Dyson source.

External / literary

Chesterton, Orthodoxy, ch.4 — "The Ethics of Elfland"

• Project Gutenberg full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/130/pg130.txt Search "Do it again" to jump to the famous passage (around line 1995-2049).
• Already curated locally: passages/chesterton_orthodoxy_ch4.md

Mark Sayers (Bridgetown lectures Sept 2024)

• Bridgetown channel: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/query?q=mark+sayers+lecture+bridgetown

Voilib API (for follow-up searches)

Base URL: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/service/media/query?query_text=<query>&k=10&channel_id=<channel>

Channels:

• Bridgetown Audio: fafcd003-1c9f-4cb9-80d8-3627d4054168
• Practicing the Way: ac323dc0-3dc4-4a1b-8a60-091762d4530f
• Rule of Life: f6bd54a9-17e8-44e0-b72a-8259f966ca74
• BibleProject: 21e903b3-9734-4f86-8582-a4557ea41887
• Exploring My Strange Bible (Tim Mackie's older personal podcast): 8a3d016f-e4b8-43b9-bc14-96453cbb810a
• The Handlebar: 87acf436-c77e-4c76-b2fd-1213c629068f
• Familiar Stranger: e426cb28-5738-475f-9754-a95108e97394
• Praying Like Monks Living Like Fools: fe880c33-46b4-4336-92c3-4cddd6246f8d
• Being Known: eabd9848-fc86-43b2-ab03-08b414726c30

UI: https://voilib.holyspirit.dev/?q=<query>

Local files in your project

• expansion/README.md — orientation (10-min read)
• expansion/series_mapping.md — full week-by-week mapping (this companion file)
• expansion/04_holds_together.md — your live thread (synechō/synistēmi)
• expansion/verse_by_verse/v17_before_holds.md — Col 1:17 lexical depth
• expansion/_raw/records/podcast__firstborn-creation.md — full Tim & Jon transcript on the hymn
• expansion/bridgetown_biopsies/ — all 4 wave files (~96K of cultural biopsies)
• expansion/icoc_alpha_omega/manifest.md — ICMC 2025 transcripts index
• expansion/icoc_alpha_omega/supremacy_session_quotes.md — Plum's ranked quotes
• passages/chesterton_orthodoxy_ch4.md — your existing Chesterton anchor
• passages/caldwell_dyson_astronaut_letter.md — your existing astronaut anchor
• voice_memos/05-03-2026.md — your live thread on synechei/synistēmi
• series_packet.md — Frank's full series structure
• hyperlinks.md — your existing intertextual notes
• sources.md — your bibliography (now needs ICOC URL added)