Wednesday – Change It – Resurrection
Jesus intended for his resurrection to change his followers’ lives, not just their deaths. Question: How would your life be different is Jesus had stayed dead? Here’s how one blogger, Shawn Lovejoy, put it: * I would have no hope of overcoming impossible odds. * I would have no hope of seeing miracles in my […]
Jesus Is…Crucified – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus’ trial before the Roman Governor, and today, we’ll hear about his journey to the cross. And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, […]
Jesus Is…Forgiving – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the Prodigal Son, one of Jesus’ most famous stories. Known as the story of the ‘prodigal son’ in Luke 15. We’re going to retell it today with some context that will really help us understand. […]
Jesus Is…Love – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus teaching on love. What would make you give up your coat? In winter? Okay, maybe that would be easy this winter. What about in a cold snap? One of Jesus’ 4 examples illustrating the […]
Jesus Is…Worth Following – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus teaching a crowd about who is blessed. He said things like “Blessed are the poor” and “Blessed are those who mourn”. A set of counter-cultural, surprising statements that don’t seem to fit our world. […]
Jesus Is…Transfigured – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus and three disciples who climbed a mountain to pray. While Jesus was praying, he suddenly changed before their eyes, turning radiant white. His face, and even his clothes were dazzling white, and then two […]
Jesus Is…Rejected – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of a time Jesus was run out of town for reading, and commenting on the Bible at his hometown Synagogue. It wasn’t the words from Isaiah that got him in trouble, and maybe not even his […]
Jesus is… Teacher – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus reading from the Bible in his hometown, and then instead of teaching about the passage, he simply said, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” It certainly seems he was claiming to […]
Jesus is… Help – Wednesday
Hi. Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus being asked, by his mother, to help at a wedding that had run out of wine, and where the hosts would be seen as extremely and embarrassingly inhospitable. I asked yesterday what you thought […]
Jesus is… God – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read a beautiful passage in the Gospel of John that says God came and walked on this earth, as a man with human flesh. He talked about the logos, the Word, which would have been a philosophical concept beloved […]
Jesus Is…Human – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jesus as a child, travelling to Jerusalem with his family for a festival. His parents lost track of him, and found him at the temple debating religious scholars. It’s clear from the story he’s human […]
Epiphany: New Learnings for the Wise – Wednesday
We’ve been looking at the story of the Magi or wise men visiting Jesus, now we’ll contast them with the priests and scribes who were present at their meeting with Herod (see yesterday’s Bible reading). The scribes and priests are also knowledgeable, learned like the Magi. They are called to advise Herod on this […]
Best of 2015 – God Is…Encouraging – Wednesday
At the conclusion of every year, we share some of our favourite videos from the past 12 months, either because of some nice videography, or some content we thought was really exciting. Enjoy – we’ll return with fresh content next week! Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily […]
God Is…Here – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. It’s almost Christmas Eve, so we are naturally reading the story of Jesus’ birth: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of […]
God Is…Coming – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how an elderly priest named Zechariah learned he’d be a father, and after doubting this news, found himself unable to speak until the child was born. When the baby was finally born, he spoke some […]