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Day 005: Learning Our Basic Tools
The week, we get to work. As with any creative project, the first thing we need to do is get to know our tools and how to use them. We are going to begin with two basic “tools” that we will be applying throughout this whole study: 1) a way to visualize who we are…
Read MoreDay 004: Why MilktoMeat?
Christianity is built on the work and teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life…” This one statement is where we get the titles for the three phases of our MilktoMeat study: Discovering The Way, Walking in the The Truth, Living The Life.…
Read MoreDay 003: What is Jesus Calling Us To?
As we have already discussed briefly, Jesus is calling us into His Kingdom. When that Kingdom comes in full, everything will be set right, all things will be healed, all things will be made new. But here is the catch: the only people who will be able to live joyously in this Kingdom are those…
Read MoreDay 002: Why Jesus is Central to All Things?
As we move through these readings together, you will see that we are often discussing truths related to our PAST and also our FUTURE. Understanding the PAST helps us to get our bearings in terms of where we have come from. Looking to the FUTURE helps to see where we are going. From this Past>Future…
Read MoreDay 001: Beginning with the End in Sight
The Search for Meaning “Our greatest desire, greater even than the desire for happiness, is that our lives mean something.” Daniel Taylor, Tell Me A Story If you study the history of humanity, you cannot miss seeing our restless, unending, search for meaning in life. In order to make sense of life, we all must…
Read MoreGrow in the Grace and Knowledge of Jesus
CHRIST we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.Colossians 1:28 If you have never been through a focused discipleship and spiritual growth study, now is a great time to start! Beginning Monday February 3, 2025 we will be sharing our MilktoMeat discipleship curriculum through…
Read MoreEven If…
The year 2024, for the Tyson family, wasn’t the best of years. It was a year of stress – financial stress, emotional stress, physical stress. It’s been a year of heartbreak and sorrow where some relationships are concerned. It’s been a season of dealing with health scares and, for me, learning to manage some chronic…
Read MoreIt is Finished: Jesus’ Words From the Cross
Today is the day that we remember and mourn and rejoice in the events that changed everything. All of history comes to its Crux in the Cross of Jesus. As we think on these things, the words that Jesus speaks from The Cross give us insight into what He experienced and what He accomplished for…
Read MoreHe Who Is Faithful in a Little…
On May 19th Tim Keller passed into the Lord’s presence. Almost immediately and appropriately, articles and remembrances were posted honoring his life and work, the size and scope of which cannot be denied. Just a day before, our dear brother Phil Allen also “graduated” into the Lord’s Presence on May 18th. There will be no…
Read MorePassover: A Family Seder
The order and readings for the Passover celebration are called a Haggadah and it means “the telling.” Passover is a story that has been retold for thousands of years. It is a story of miraculous redemption – from slavery to freedom, from despair to hope, from the darkness to the light. The power and grace…
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