EPIC: Tower of Babel – Friday
https://vimeo.com/118128283 We pray and reflect about this week’s topic. You can [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink] online, or by starting a local discussion group! Are you meeting just once a week with your discussion group? You can find all of this week’s discussion material in our Weekly Study Guide
EPIC: Tower of Babel – Thursday
https://vimeo.com/118120657 In the story of the Tower of Babel that we’re studying this week, we find God scattering humanity across the earth, many languages. Was it a bad thing? I suggested it happened because of a bad thing, but was meant to be good for us, and lead us to something even better. All the […]
EPIC: Tower of Babel – Wednesday
If you’ve ever wondered why we can’t all get along, this story about the Tower of Babel explains why. When we did have the opportunity to work together, it didn’t go well. Why? It all comes back to our core dysfunction – sin. Since Adam & Eve, humans have had a problem with sin. It […]
EPIC: Tower of Babel – Tuesday
https://vimeo.com/118099548 The story we’re studying this week is in the Book of Genesis. After God “reset” the world and humanity in the story of Noah’s Ark, people spread out and multiplied. It was a fresh start, but the good times didn’t last long. 11 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as […]
EPIC: Tower of Babel – Monday
This week we’re exploring the story of the Tower of Babel, as part of our EPIC series on finding Jesus in the Old Testament. Maybe you watched a video that made the rounds a few months ago, showing a guy with a really sad life posting all kinds of optimistic posts. You can see it […]
Group Study Guide: EPIC: Tower of Babel
Are you meeting regularly with a discussion group? If you meet just once a week, you can find all of this week’s discussion questions in one place right here. Question: Why do you think people in the world have such trouble cooperating? And when they do, how can it still go wrong? Reading: 11 Now the […]
EPIC: Noah – Friday
We pray and reflect about this week’s topic. You can [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink] online, or by starting a local discussion group! Are you meeting just once a week with your discussion group? You can find all of this week’s discussion material in our Weekly Study Guide
EPIC: Noah – Thursday
Up to now in our study of Noah, I’d have to use the same statement I’ve made every week in this series – this seems more like an epic fail than an epic story of God. In this story, humans mess up so badly, God has to reset the world through violence and destruction, and […]
EPIC: Noah – Wednesday
We’re studying the story of Noah’s Ark this week. We read part one yesterday, and will read part two today. At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent out the raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from […]
EPIC: Noah – Monday
We’re in a series called EPIC, looking at the stories of the Old Testament, and seeing how they are part of one big Epic story. Have you had something go so horribly wrong, the only way to recover was to wipe it clean? A computer, maybe? Or a craft project, or a home improvement plan? […]
Group Study Guide: EPIC: Noah
Are you meeting regularly with a discussion group? If you meet just once a week, you can find all of this week’s discussion questions in one place right here. Question: When have you needed to reset and start over in life? Reading: 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was […]
EPIC: Cain and Abel – Friday
We pray and reflect on this week’s teaching. Reminder: We are reading the Bible in sync as one community – so check out today’s reading at https://www.redeemthecommute.com/readingplan Meeting with a Group? Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
EPIC: Cain and Abel – Thursday
We’re looking at the story of Cain and Abel this week, two brothers who offered gifts to God, and violence ensued when God accepted one and not the other. So, where is Jesus in this story? He’s in a few places. The lamb prefigures the Passover (which we’ll study around Easter, so hang tight) and […]
EPIC: Cain and Abel – Wednesday
This week we’re studying the story of Cain & Abel, brothers who both offered gifts to God – one from a field, one from a flock. We’re going to try and explore why Cain’s vegetarian offering did not please God. It’s not that God is against vegetarianism. It seems to be that something about Cain […]
EPIC: Cain and Abel – Tuesday
This week, we’ll learn about a story where two brothers tried to give offerings to God. One went over well, one didn’t, and it had something to do with their motivations behind the gifts. Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help […]
