{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chunks: Paul's Letter to the Colossians","title":"Episode 69: On parents and children","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e29fc787\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":465,"description":"If Paul’s instruction to wives that they should submit to their husbands is controversial, so is his instruction to children, telling them to “obey [their] parents in everything” (Col 3:20). Some of us may have experienced how domineering or even abusive parents have used such a verse to lord it over their children. But once more, we need to read Paul’s words against the background of the culture the Colossians took for granted—and verse 20 cannot be separated from verse 21.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rpMoMN4XvSZIJaJTMFUdsdagrdkDHDj5X9TO6JkXKK0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYzRj/ZmQ1OGJhNWViZjUw/NTA4NjNmNDQ1YWFh/OGI4ZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}