Friday – Reflect – Pioneer Practices
We pray and reflect about adopting these pioneer practices ourselves. Read the Bible in Sync Today 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 Practices
This week we’ve studied four practices of the first church community. Should we copy them? Some try – indeed sell everything, gather daily, etc. just like in this book. But most don’t. Most Christians agree this sets a pattern and principles, and those principles are what is meant to be emulated, not the exact circumstances. […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneer Practices
Yesterday, we read this: And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were […]
Tuesday – Study It – Pioneer Practices
Remember what we studied last week? After the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came to Jesus’ followers and enabled them to do their mission, we heard about Peter preaching to crowds, and 3000 deciding to follow Jesus at once. With 3000 people joining, they shifted instantly from a handful of people to a […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneer Practices
I recently read Chris Hadfield’s book – An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth. Most of us know Hadfield the astronaut – and assume that being an astronaut involves a lot of adrenaline, courage, all focused on the time from takeoff to landing. But in his book, he tries to broaden our view of astronauts, […]