EPIC: Ten Commandments – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of God giving Moses and Israel the Ten Commandments – ten laws for his people to follow now that he’d saved them from slavery. Now, he didn’t stop there. Immediately after these Ten Commandments, he started […]
EPIC: Red Sea – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the Israelites trapped by the Red Sea, having just escaped slavery in Egypt, but now afraid and doubting since they’re in mortal danger. Moses, their leader, has just told them to not be afraid, do […]
EPIC: Cloud & Fire – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Israel being led toward the Promised Land, and away from slavery in Egypt. God knew they’d be easily discouraged, scared, when Egypt came after them. Here’s how God kept them on track: And the LORD […]
EPIC: The Passover – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the Passover. I asked you some questions about the meaning of all the symbolism. Why eat a roasted, perfect young male lamb? Why put its blood around the door? Why eat it all, quickly, wearing […]
EPIC: Moses & Pharaoh II – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the tenth plague God brought against Egypt. Moses was warning Pharaoh that he would kill every firstborn male child. The death of animals, children and men is obviously not something we are supposed to relish. […]
EPIC: Moses & Pharaoh – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Moses confronting Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, with 9 plagues. I read a passage from the Bible yesterday that introduced the plagues, but then I summarized the various plagues. We didn’t really interpret it a […]
EPIC: Moses & The Burning Bush – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Moses and the Burning Bush. God is setting the stage for something called the Exodus, when God planned that Moses would lead the Israelites out of Egypt and toward the promised land. God was also […]
EPIC: Joseph – Wednesday
We’re learning about the story of Joseph in the Old Testament this week, whose brothers sold him to slave traders. He was eventually imprisoned, and seemed to have a life that kept going downhill, until he was released from jail to help the King of Egypt, Pharoah, interpret a dream. He became Pharoah’s right hand […]
EPIC: Jacob & Esau Reconcile – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Jacob and Esau in the Old Testament. They were brothers who had always been in each other’s face, especially Jacob, being the younger son, always trying to get ahead of the older son. He tried […]
EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Wednesday
This week we’re studying a story about Jacob, who had a surprise wrestling match with a mysterious opponent. After wrestling all night Jacob got a new name, a limp, and a blessing from his opponent. I asked yesterday if you knew who he’d been wrestling with, and what clues you used to decide. Here are […]
EPIC: Abraham & Isaac – Wednesday
We’re studying a really challenging story from the Old Testament this week, where God asks Abraham to sacrifice his long-awaited son. Where we left off yesterday, he had the knife ready over Isaac, ready to follow through on this unbelievable and horrific command from God. But the angel of the LORD called to him from […]
EPIC: Abraham & Sarah – Wednesday
Yesterday we introduced the story of Abraham and Sarah, whom God promised would be parents of a great and huge nation, numbering like the stars of the sky. But Abraham keeled over laughing, since he knew having babies at his wife and his advanced age was impossible. Today, we’ll see he wasn’t the only one […]
EPIC: Tower of Babel – Wednesday
If you’ve ever wondered why we can’t all get along, this story about the Tower of Babel explains why. When we did have the opportunity to work together, it didn’t go well. Why? It all comes back to our core dysfunction – sin. Since Adam & Eve, humans have had a problem with sin. It […]
EPIC: Noah – Wednesday
We’re studying the story of Noah’s Ark this week. We read part one yesterday, and will read part two today. At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent out the raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from […]
EPIC: Cain and Abel – Wednesday
This week we’re studying the story of Cain & Abel, brothers who both offered gifts to God – one from a field, one from a flock. We’re going to try and explore why Cain’s vegetarian offering did not please God. It’s not that God is against vegetarianism. It seems to be that something about Cain […]