Friday – Reflect – Pioneers and Philosophers
We pray and reflect about our challenge topic this week. Meeting with a Group? Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink] Two Dates to Remember: Our Outdoor Movie Night Returns – September 19th at 7:30pm in Ajax – More Info
Thursday – Act On It – Pioneers and Philosophers
This week we’ve explored a story of Paul, an early Christian communicator, meeting some Greek philosophers who, after an initial misunderstanding, give him a second chance to share the good news of Jesus and his resurrection from the dead. In the end, however, it says some mocked. I asked yesterday why that might be. It’s […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneers and Philosophers
Yesterday, we saw Paul, an early Christian travelling speaker, who made some mistakes. He found himself in a totally new context, the Greek city of Athens, and ventured right into the marketplace where Greek philosophers heard him saying some nonsensical things. They thought he was preaching about foreign gods, when it was likely just a […]
Tuesday – Study It – Pioneers and Philosophers
Sometimes people who think they know everything suddenly realize they still have something to learn, and even make some embarrassing mistakes. This happened with Paul, one of the early Christian leaders and communicators, arrived in Athens, the hotbed of Greek philosophy. [16] Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneers and Philosophers
Many years ago, a friend of mine gave me a book to read named Sophie’s World. It was a novel, but one where the protagonist visited different parts of the world, and met different philosophers and deep thinkers in history. I discovered a fascinating world with different ways of thinking about life’s big questions. Perhaps […]
Friday – Reflect – Pioneers and Politics
We pray and reflect about our challenge topic this week. Meeting with a Group? Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Thursday – Act On It – Pioneers and Politics
This week we’re reading three short stories from the Book of Acts in the Bible, that show different people with different interests encountering the Christian message. This is the third and final story of Christians encountering politics as they tried to do good. We’ve seen a wealthy person welcome the message, influential people who push […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneers and Politics
This week we’ll read three short stories from the Book of Acts in the Bible, that show different people with different interests encountering the Christian message. Yesterday, we read about a wealthy woman who welcomed the Christians who came to her town. She wasn’t above listening to the Christian story, or being baptized, and put […]
Tuesday – Study It – Pioneers and Politics
This week we’ll read three short stories from the Book of Acts in the Bible, that show different people with different interests encountering the Christian message. Here’s the first, and remember this is written by Luke, since he mentions himself in the first person: So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneers and Politics
When I was in university, I was a part of the first aid team, and eventually became its director. Our team responded to ambulance calls on campus, and worked special events. We had earned the university’s trust over the years, and although we had oversight from about three different groups, for the most part we […]
Friday – Reflect – Pioneers and Prerequisites
We pray and reflect about our challenge topic this week. Meeting with a Group? Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Thursday – Act On It – Pioneers And Prerequisites
We’ve been exploring a story this week where the early Christians debated whether new Christians from non-Jewish backgrounds needed to first be circumcised, a sign of becoming Jewish, on their way to becoming Christians. They brought together some key leaders in one place, and decided no. God’s Spirit had moved the same way in both […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneers And Prerequisites
This week we’ve been studying the debate in the book of Acts over whether new Christians needed to become Jewish first, marked by having their males circumcised, or if they could simply become Christians. The Christian leaders who’d been caring for each group, the Jewish Christians and the non-Jewish Christians, came together and decided that […]
Tuesday – Study It – Pioneers And Prerequisites
Already in the Book of Acts, we’ve seen tensions between Christians arise because of their different backgrounds. Some were Jews who became convinced Jesus was the Messiah, and were still following the same Jewish laws and customs that didn’t directly contradict their belief in Jesus. Others were Gentiles, non-Jews, who came to believe in the […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneers And Prerequisites
Many years ago, I was a volunteer paramedic. I served on an island, not far from a major city, but because it was an island with no bridge, only a ferry, it was considered remote. Because it was remote, we were able to perform the exact same functions as a Level 1 Paramedic anywhere else. […]