We Are…Messengers – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the way Jesus’ followers became messengers, spreading the news of Jesus’ death and resurrection at great personal risk. […]
We Are…Messengers – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. We saw yesterday how the first Christians escaped from jail and immediately started proclaiming the same message that got them in trouble in the first place! And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high […]
We Are…Messengers – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week, as part of our series on the identity of Jesus, we’re going to study how Jesus’ death and resurrection makes us messengers. In this story, we hear about Jesus’ […]
We Are…Messengers – Monday
What messages have you been tasked to deliver? What made them important and wroth communicating? What kind of message would you communicate, no matter what it cost you? This week we’ll learn what motivated the first Christians to take huge risks to simply spread the news.
We Are…Messengers – Group Study Guide
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: What messages have you been tasked to deliver? What made them important and wroth communicating? Reading: Now many signs and wonders were regularly done […]
We Are…Changed People – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Saul, a mercenary hunting Christians, and his transformation into Paul, one of the world’s leading […]
We Are…Changed People – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Saul, an authorized mercenary tracking down Christians, and how he became a follower of Jesus himself, blinded and thrown off his horse on the road to Damascus when Jesus spoke to him. He’s been rendered […]
We Are…Changed People – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week, as part of our series on the identity of Jesus, we’re going to study the story of Saul, a man whose life changed dramatically when he met Jesus. After […]
We Are…Changed People – Monday
In our last two series, we’ve learned about who God is, and who Jesus is. So, who are we? Our attention now turns to us, human beings, and what knowing God and following Jesus actually means for our lives.
We Are…Changed People – Group Study Guide
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: Today I’d like you to think about a major change that occurred in your life. Is change difficult? Why? What’s the most important type of […]
Thursday – Act On It – Resurrection
We are challenged to consider the difference Jesus’ resurrection can make to our own lives. Read the Bible in Sync Today [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Wednesday – Change It – Resurrection
Jesus intended for his resurrection to change his followers’ lives, not just their deaths. Question: How would your life be different is Jesus had stayed dead? Here’s how one blogger, Shawn Lovejoy, put it: * I would have no hope of overcoming impossible odds. * I would have no hope of seeing miracles in my […]
Tuesday – Study It – Resurrection
After rising from the dead, Jesus acts very nonchalant about his resurrection because he intends this very unusual feat to become usual for his followers. Question: When have you realized something profound about Jesus? How did you react or respond? Read the Bible in Sync Today [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Monday – A New Idea – Resurrection
Can we trust the story of the resurrection, or is Jesus rising from the dead a fiction? We explore some fascinating details in the story that lend it credibility. Read the Bible in Sync Today [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Jesus Is…Crucified – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying Jesus’ final week before his death. Tomorrow is Good Friday, when we’ll somberly remember his death. Here is […]
