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The Upside-Down Leadership of the Gospel
May 31, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 100 1 Peter 5:1-5 This week’s sermon text: James 3:1-12 FIELD NOTES When most people think about the world’s great leaders, they imagine figures that can command people’s attention, that demand respect from others, that are brilliant orators, or that can bend other people’s will to their own, even…
Read MoreWould-Be Followers (Dr. Davis Chappell)
This week’s preacher: Dr. Davis Chappell. We continue our series on the people of Jesus called “Kindred Hearts.” This series is the last 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: Luke 9:57-62
Read MoreSermon on the Mount
May 28, 2021 DAILY READING Matthew 5:1-12 [Psalm 33:12-22] FIELD NOTES From The Voice translation: “And He began to teach them. Jesus: Blessed are the spiritually poor—the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Blessed are those who mourn—they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek and gentle—they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for…
Read MoreUnderdogs
May 28, 2021 DAILY READING Romans 8:14-17 [Psalm 33:12-22] FIELD NOTES I think of some of my favorite books and movies– how many are underdog stories? The Lord of the Rings is about how the smallest, most inconsequential beings in all of Middle-Earth are ultimately what it needs to defeat evil. In Hoosiers, a troubled…
Read MorePentecost
May 27, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 2:1-11 [Psalm 33:12-22] FIELD NOTES In high school, I went on a mission trip with an organization to the Florida panhandle. We helped fix up a home in a very poor fishing village just outside of Pensacola. One night, the mission organization invited all of the groups to attend a very…
Read MoreHe Must Become Greater
May 26, 2021 DAILY READING John 3:31-36Psalm 99 FIELD NOTES When speaking of Jesus in his time, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis has this to say: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t…
Read MoreFor the Good of One Another
May 25, 2021 DAILY READING 1 Peter 4:7-11Psalm 99 FIELD NOTES Recently, I heard a story of a woman who could have appeared on the television show Hoarders. The woman at the center of the story could not move around her house, for it was full of trash, animal waste, and even her own waste. She had a…
Read MoreLive for God
May 24, 2021 DAILY READING 1 Peter 4:1-6Psalm 99 FIELD NOTES From The Voice translation: “Since the Anointed suffered in the flesh, prepare yourselves to do the same—anyone who has suffered in the flesh for the Lord is no longer in the grip of sin— so that you may live the rest of your life…
Read MoreThe Birth of a Church (Dr. Davis Chappell)
This week’s preacher: Dr. Davis Chappell. We continue our series on the people of Jesus called “Kindred Hearts.” This series is the last 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: Acts 2
Read MoreThe Birth of a Church (Rev. Toi King)
This week’s preacher: Rev. Toi King. We continue our series on the people of Jesus called “Kindred Hearts.” This series is the last 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: Acts 2
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