teaching/sermons/col-1-15-20/expansion/series_mapping.md

Series Mapping — Frank's Colossians Series

For each week: which gathered material fits, with star scores.

Scoring:

Cross-week appearance is normal — many resources serve multiple weeks.

Week 1 — Foundations of Faith (Col 1:1-8) | Frank, May 17

Focus: Greeting + thanksgiving for the Colossians' fruit. Key idea: Gospel as a garden that grows and bears fruit.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Tangential ★

Week 2 — The Knowledge of His Will (Col 1:9-14) | Eric Stallworth, May 24

Focus: Paul's prayer for spiritual wisdom. Key idea: Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord. Critical bridge text: v.13-14 — "He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Tangential ★

Bridge to Week 3

The verses that lead into Week 3 are 1:13-14 (rescued from dominion of darkness, redemption). The hymn (Week 3) immediately picks up "He is the image..." — the Son in 1:13 IS the Son in 1:15. The Christ who rescued in 1:14 is the Christ who created in 1:16. Eric Stallworth's sermon could end by lifting up the hymn that follows; the user's Week 3 can start by gathering up Eric's "rescued from darkness" thread.

Week 3 — The Cosmic Christ (Col 1:15-20) | Josh, May 31 — YOUR WEEK

Focus: The Christ-hymn. Jesus as Creator and Reconciler. Key idea: "If Jesus holds the atoms of the universe together, He can hold your life together."

Primary fits ★★★ — direct exposition

Bridgetown direct exposition

BP records (read in full or via voilib)

BP classroom records (Pass 1 + Pass 2 finds — primary fits ★★★ for Week 3)

Themed expansion files (your expansion/)

Verse-by-verse files (expansion/verse_by_verse/)

BP method files (expansion/bp_methods/)

Cultural biopsies — strongest for v15 (Image)

Cultural biopsies — strongest for v16 (thrones, dominions)

Cultural biopsies — strongest for v17 (holds together)

Literary anchor for v17

Cultural biopsies — strongest for v19 (fullness)

(Note: full wellness-syncretism material lives stronger in Phase 2; pull lightly here.)

Cultural biopsies — strongest for v20 (reconcile through blood of cross)

Strong supporting ★★

Tangential ★

Critical bridges

Week 4 — Reconciled and Resolute (Col 1:21-29) | Frank, June 7

Focus: Transition from "enemies" to "holy and blameless." Key idea: "Christ in you is the only hope of glory. It is His energy that works powerfully within us."

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Tangential ★

Critical bridge from your Week 3

Pull on the en autō (in him) prepositional saturation. The cosmic en autō of 1:16-17 is the same en autō of 1:22 and 1:27. You don't have to land Frank's "Christ in you" — but you can leave the reader inside the prepositional structure that Frank picks up.

Week 5 — Walking in Him (Col 2:1-7) | TBD, June 14

Focus: Rooted and built up. Key idea: Maturity = walking in Him by faith and gratitude.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Tangential ★

Week 6 — Substance over Shadow (Col 2:8-19) | TBD, June 21

Focus: Guarding against empty deceit, legalism, mysticism. Key idea: Don't settle for the shadows of religious rules when you have the substance which is Christ.

Primary fits ★★★ — THIS IS THE POLEMIC WEEK

Strong supporting ★★

Tangential ★

Week 7 — Dead to the World (Col 2:20-3:4) | TBD, June 28

Focus: Setting our minds on things above. Key idea: Your old life is hidden with Christ; live as someone who is alive in Jesus.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Week 8 — The New Wardrobe (Col 3:5-17) | Frank, July 5

Focus: Putting off "old self" and putting on "compassion, kindness, humility." Key idea: We don't just stop sinning; we replace rags with robes.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Week 9 — Jesus in the House (Col 3:18-4:1) | TBD, July 12

Focus: Relationships home and workplace. Key idea: Submission and leadership redefined; whatever you do, work as if Jesus is supervisor.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Week 10 — Kingdom Conversation (Col 4:2-18) | TBD, July 19

Focus: Prayer, witnessing, the cloud of witnesses. Key idea: Speech "seasoned with salt." Series ends on community.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Week 11 — Review (Col 2:6-10) | Frank, July 26

Focus: "As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him." (2:6) + "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily" (2:9). Sub-themes: High View / Deep Roots / Street Level.

Primary fits ★★★

Strong supporting ★★

Cross-week threads (resources that span phases)

Thread A — Plērōma / fullness

Thread B — Christ-as-image / image-restoration

Thread C — Powers / thrones / supremacy

Thread D — Reconciliation / blood / peace

Thread E — Holds together / sustaining

Thread F — Anti-supplementation polemic

Thread G — Identity / image / wholeness

Footnote: ICOC Alpha Omega playlist

Transcription in progress. Once complete, the supremacy-of-Christ main session likely fits Week 3 ★★★ (and Week 11 ★★★). Other playlist sessions may map to other weeks; will update.