Category: Discipleship

Last Sunday night we looked at the inward dynamics of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus made the bold statement shortly before he died that it was to their advantage that he leave, because he would be sending the Holy Spirit.  Last week we looked at why that was the case.  Here is a link to the [...]

Now that the website is back up, here’s where we are with our weekly readings.  The readings between March 23 and April 12 span one week in the life of Jesus.  We call it Passion Week.  Below are the readings.  If you’ve fallen behind, this is a great place to pick back up. 3/23   [...]

We’re approaching the halfway point of our readings.  My prayer for us through this has not been that we would check off our Bible-reading boxes, nor that we would simply gain more knowledge.  My prayer has been and currently is that through these readings, and through this quiet time every day, we would encounter the [...]

This week we finish the Sermon on the Mount. 2/6    Matthew 5:38-6:4 2/7    Matthew 6:5-15 2/8    Matthew 6:16-34 2/9    Matthew 7:1-14 2/10  Matthew 7:15-29 2/11  Matthew 8:1-13 2/12  Luke 7:18-35

Week 4 of our readings on the life of Jesus begins tomorrow.  This week we’ll see Jesus talking about the relationship he has with his Father, “violating” the Sabbath, which once again ticks off the religious leaders, and designating twelve of his followers as apostles, which means “sent ones.”  Then we’ll begin the Sermon on [...]

Here are the quotes from Brennan Manning’s book Abba’s Child that I referenced during Sunday night’s message. A central theme in the personal life of Jesus Christ, which lies at the very heart of the revelation that He is, is His growing intimacy with, trust in, and love of His Abba. …the heart of it is [...]

This week we’ll be spending most of our time in John’s Gospel.  We’ll read about Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus, which features the most famous verse in the Bible.  We’ll also read about Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well.  Finally, we’ll see Jesus’ pronouncement of what his ministry was going to look like. [...]

  1/9     Mark 1:1-8 1/10   Luke 3:7-18 1/11    Matthew 3:3-17 1/12   Matthew 4:1-11 1/13    John 1:35-51 1/14    John 2:1-12 1/15    John 2:13-25   Download the entire schedule here

As we enter a new year, let’s recalibrate our lives around the life of Jesus.  For the past few months we have been talking about what spiritual growth is and how it happens.  And now, for the next few months, we’re going to dive into the life of Jesus in hopes that this would become [...]