Best of 2014: Pioneer Spirit – Wednesday
What was the meaning of all this about Jesus’ followers speaking different languages or “tongues”? It was a sign that the impossible mission they’d been sent to accomplish was actually possible. I love to rock climb, and I used to pride myself on never needing chalk. I considered myself a good climber with just my […]
Friday – Reflect – Pioneer Potential
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 – TONIGHT – September 19th at 7:30pm in Ajax – More Info
Thursday – Act On It – Pioneer Potential
This week we’re concluding our series on the Book of Acts. We read yesterday how Paul was where God needed him to have maximum influence. He was in Rome, the center of the Roman Empire, and had two years of relative peace. It says he lived there at his own expense, and I asked yesterday […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneer Potential
We learned yesterday about Paul arriving in Rome, a place of great influence, where he hopes to convince Caesar, the Emperor, about the good news of Jesus Christ, and anyone else he meets. He tried to share it with some of his fellow Jews, but was rejected by all but a few. Does he give […]
Tuesday – Study It – Pioneer Potential
I asked yesterday, why Paul was so bent on getting to Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. Was this to make him famous? To expand his personal influence? No, it was to expand the influence of the gospel, the good news of Jesus. Last week, we read a story where Paul had a hearing […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneer Potential
I had a friend in university who dove right into student politics. He was elected first to the faculty society, then a university-wide position. He gained a wide-ranging education in three separate disciplines. On Facebook, he posts fascinating insights into world issues, and isn’t afraid to support his favourite political party. A few years ago, […]
Group Study Guide – Pioneer Potential
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 place is influential in your world – where do the orders come from? [16] And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by […]
Friday – Reflect – Pioneer Pork
We pray and reflect about this week’s topic. 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 – Pioneer Pork
We’re studying this week how Peter, one of the first Christian leaders, received instructions to meet with a non-Jew named Cornelius, even though he would make Peter unclean. God gave him a vision of many animals, including unclean ones, and told him he could eat anything now. Dietary rules weren’t going to stand between God’s […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneer Pork
Yesterday, we learned about a story where Peter, one of the early Christian leaders, breaks his nation’s religious rules by associating with a non-Jew named Cornelius, even entering his home. In a nation with strict rules about keeping a distance from other, unclean people, this was a big deal. I asked you yesterday to think […]
Tuesday- Study It – Pioneer Pork
https://vimeo.com/101588991 Yesterday I shared a story about visiting a kosher home, where they asked no food to enter that they hadn’t bought, just to be sure no one would make their home, or family, “unclean”. These laws are found in the OT part of the Bible, a Bible that Christians say is the word of […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneer Pork
Back in university, a friend of mine invited about a dozen people to her family’s house in Vermont for a weekend of skiing. I jumped at the chance, it was goign to be some of the best skiing I’d ever done, and a free place to stay was amazing. There was one rule. Don’t bring […]
Group Study Guide – Pioneer Pork
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: Have you ever visited a home, a place of worship, or a country where you were asked to comply with certain religious practices? Share that […]
Friday – Reflect – Pioneer Prodigy
Hope Redeem the Commute can help you pause and pray today. Meeting with a Group? Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink] photo credit: A30_Tsitika via photopin cc
Thursday – Act On It – Pioneer Prodigy
We asked you yesterday what Ananias and the other Christians could learn from Paul’s conversion. Paul was a bit of a prodigy among the Pharisees, and was on a mission to eradicate Christianity. Now Ananias has been sent to find him, and is scared, since he’s a Christian being sent to a formidable Christian killer! […]