EPIC: Red Sea – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying how God rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, then from attack by the pursuing Egyptian army, by […]
EPIC: Cloud & Fire – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Israel being led by a pillar of cloud and fire toward the promised land, and […]
EPIC: The Passover – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying Preparing them to become a nation reliant on God’s deliverance. But he’s also preparing to do the […]
EPIC: Moses & Pharaoh II – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of God preparing to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. He sent Moses to […]
EPIC: Moses & Pharaoh – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Moses confronting Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, with God’s command to let Israel leave. God […]
EPIC: Moses & The Burning Bush – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying Moses and the Burning Bush, when he met God and learned his name. Yesterday we explored a bunch […]
EPIC: Joseph – Thursday
We’re exploring the story of Joseph this week, and how God redeemed a really bad situation so many people would not die of hunger, and better, that his plan to rescue the world through Jesus could continue. God is redeeming these awful events so they lead to greater things. Ultimately, this all leads to Jesus, […]
EPIC: Jacob & Esau Reconcile – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Jacob and his brother Esau in the Old Testament; how they’ve been estranged for about […]
EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Thursday
We’ve studied a story this week about Jacob wrestling with God. What do we learn from this? On the one hand, we see from this story that fighting with God isn’t punished by death on the spot. Jacob’s shock is that he survives the ordeal. God let him win! It’s all a sign, foreshadowing what […]
EPIC: Abraham & Isaac – Thursday
God’s test was meant to reveal if Abraham truly worshipped and loved God above everything else, or if he’d hold something back. Because fo the incredible gift God had given him, Abraham could lose sight of God, and God’s promise, by becoming overly focused on Isaac. He might forget Isaac was a miraculous gift from […]
EPIC: Abraham & Sarah – Thursday
We can be tempted to laugh at God’s plans in our lives. The human race has a bad track record on this. Adam got the gift of life, with a simple command to never try to be God. That’s exactly what he does. Noah got a fresh start, to help the world get off on […]
EPIC: Tower of Babel – Thursday
In the story of the Tower of Babel that we’re studying this week, we find God scattering humanity across the earth, many languages. Was it a bad thing? I suggested it happened because of a bad thing, but was meant to be good for us, and lead us to something even better. All the detail […]
EPIC: Noah – Thursday
Up to now in our study of Noah, I’d have to use the same statement I’ve made every week in this series – this seems more like an epic fail than an epic story of God. In this story, humans mess up so badly, God has to reset the world through violence and destruction, and […]
EPIC: Cain and Abel – Thursday
We’re looking at the story of Cain and Abel this week, two brothers who offered gifts to God, and violence ensued when God accepted one and not the other. So, where is Jesus in this story? He’s in a few places. The lamb prefigures the Passover (which we’ll study around Easter, so hang tight) and […]
EPIC: Adam and Eve – Thursday
So far, this week’s story has been pretty sad. The story of Adam & Eve’s fall explains why the world is so messed up. Why our kids don’t listen. Why we consistently fail to meet expectations. Why disasters happen, cancer hurts, violence ensues and more. But what about hope? I promised we’d find Jesus in […]