Archive for January 2021
Authority
January 15, 2021 DAILY READING Judges 2:16-23 FIELD NOTES My wife loves to buck authority. One time, when we were still dating, we were walking through a neighborhood with quite a few homes under construction. As you can imagine, there were “No Trespassing!” signs everywhere. Did that stop her from walking right into those homes? Nope. As an avid rule…
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January 14, 2021 DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 10:1-11 FIELD NOTES When I was in college, I was what some might call, judgmental. I was a leader in a campus ministry, and proudly boasted of it wherever I went. I would also look down on those who didn’t fit my view of what it was to be a…
Read MoreLectio Divina
January 13, 2021 DAILY READING Isaiah 41:14-20 FIELD NOTES 14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear,for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth.You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.16 You will winnow them, the wind…
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January 12, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 69:30-36 FIELD NOTES I remember back in 2010, I was a worship leader for a small church plant in rural Illinois. The pastor and I had been approached by some men from a different church in town, known for being extremely legalistic. They had heard that at our church, we didn’t…
Read MoreUp to Your Neck?
January 11, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 69:1-5 FIELD NOTES “Save me O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.” Isn’t that such a beautiful picture of the struggle? We are constantly fighting against a force of nature that bends us towards our own downfall. Some might call it our sinful nature, or simply just sin. Some might…
Read MoreWheat & Tares (Dr. Chappell)
This week’s preacher: Dr. Davis Chappell. We continue our series on the preaching of Jesus called “Reorientation.” This series is the fourth in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Matthew 13:24-30
Read MoreWheat & Tares (Rev. Toi King)
This week’s preacher: Rev. Toi King. We continue our series on the preaching of Jesus called “Reorientation.” This series is the fourth in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Matthew 13:24-30
Read MorePushing Back Against Death
January 9, 2021 DAILY READING Luke 5:1-11 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES So often it seems, we give up too soon, weary from our work that bears so little results. So often, we forget that Jesus, who has called us, is the one who also empowers us. We forget that Jesus brings forth a bounty of fish so…
Read MoreThe Gift My Father Promised
January 8, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 1:1-5 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES “When we attribute the Christian life from beginning to end to the Holy Spirit, we are indexing our lives to a divine personal agent who is capable of speaking, confronting, comforting, inspiring, encouraging, empowering, purifying, and the like. Moreover, in referring to the Holy…
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January 7, 2021 DAILY READING Galatians 1:6-12 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES “The whole Christian gospel could be summed up in this point: that when the living God looks at us, at every baptized and believing Christian, he says to us what he said to Jesus on the day of his baptism. He sees us, not…
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