Tuesday – Study It – Finding Rest
In our day and age, it is hard to find rest. We are always connected and that has changed our hearts. We often feel important and needed when we can’t turn off our Blackberries, and can’t stop working. That’s today’s reality. In a different way, it was hard to find rest in Jesus’ day. It […]
Tuesday – Study It – We Need Rest
This week’s topic is that we need rest. We probably already know this is a physical and emotional reality, but it may surprise us to know God rests, and says we need it too. In fact, he commands rest in the first book of the Bible after God created the universe. And on the seventh […]
Tuesday – Study It – Working Well
On The Office there is a character named Angela – it’s apparent she’s a Christian. It’s not apparent through her sharing her faith or attending church, rather it’s because she’s so judgemental about certain things, the producers have drawn a caricature of a real phenomenon where many Christians don’t know how to reconcile work and […]
Tuesday – Study It – Working Badly
Last week we learned how we are made for work – when God created (his work) the world and us, we were meant to engage in work with him. But it didn’t take long for humans to rebel against God and his plan for us, and now everything is not as it should be…including work. […]
Tuesday – Study It – We Need Work
Work is a good thing, because it’s God’s thing. In the Bible, the very first chapter of the first book, Genesis, tells the story of God creating and uses a framework of six workdays to describe its development. Then in Chapter 2, verses 1 and 2, we see work, work, work. [2:1] Thus the heavens […]
EPIC: Nehemiah – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study the story of Nehemiah, who undertook a huge project, that was part of God’s bigger plan to restore his relationship with humanity. The people of […]
EPIC: Esther – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study the story of Esther. It’s a great story, you can find it in the book of Esther, though it’s longer than we can read here. […]
EPIC: Ezekiel – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study a vision from the Prophet Ezekiel, who wrote in a time when it seemed Israel’s existence was under threat. Here’s how God gave Ezekiel hope, […]
EPIC: Son of Man – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study a dream from the Book of Daniel. Daniel was a faithful young Jewish man working for the Babylonian government. We studied a story from this […]
EPIC: God in the Fiery Furnace – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study a story from the Book of Daniel. As predicted by many prophets, Israel’s time of safety and security was ending. Israel has just been overrun […]
EPIC: Jeremiah – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study Jeremiah, who lived in the 600s BC. He was a prophet, so he spoke directly for God. The book of Jeremiah tells his story, including […]
EPIC: Jonah – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study the story of Jonah. Yes, the one who gets swallowed by a big fish. Now, we’ve put Jonahs’ story after last week’s study of Isaiah […]
EPIC: Isaiah – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study one of the most important prophets in the Old Testament – the Prophet Isaiah. He wrote an awful lot, one of the longest books in […]
EPIC: David & Goliath – Tuesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. This week we’re going to study the famous story of David and Goliath. Not the entire story – abbreviated for time. 1 Samuel 17 has the entire story. Last week we […]
EPIC: David Anointed King – Tuesday
https://vimeo.com/126935541 Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host of the daily challenges. Today is Tuesday, the day we study the Bible together. Last week we studied the story of Ruth and Naomi and Boaz. Ruth and Naomi were both widows with no future. A man named Boaz married Ruth and gave them […]