Posts Tagged ‘2025’
Day 013: How Does Jesus Relate to the Master Story?
John 5:39–40 [Jesus said,] “You study the Scriptures throughly because you think you have eternal life in them. Yet they testify about Me! And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.”
Read MoreDay 012: What is the Master Story of the Bible? PT 02
Today, we finish our “birds-eye-view” of the Master Story revealed in the Bible. At the end of this present age of human history, Jesus will return to set things right.
Read MoreDay 011: What is the Master Story of the Bible? PT 01
Today, we begin to trace the Master Story revealed in the Bible. Looking at things from a high view, we will see how the Bible answers some of our fundamental life questions: Where have we come from? Where are things headed? Why are we here?
Read MoreDay 010: Why Do We Need a Master Story?
Meaning is one of the greatest needs in human life, one of our deepest hungers —perhaps it is, in the final analysis, the most basic need in the realm of the human experience.” ~ Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart ~
Read MoreDay 009: Review & Overview
This week, we begin with a review and overview. We review what we shared last week and we give a brief preview of our readings for this week.
Read MoreDay 008: What is a Reliable Pattern of Life Transformation?
…the greatest need you and I have—the greatest need of collective humanity—is renovation of our heart. That spiritual place within us from which outlook, choices, and actions come has been formed by a world away from God. Now it must be transformed. [Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart, 14]
Read MoreDay 007: What is The Heart and Mind?
Today, we look a little closer at the Heart and the Mind. Often, people are confused about the “psychology” – the teaching about our “inner selves” – of the Bible. We are going to try and clarify some of the key ideas that help us understand what is going on within ourselves – in our…
Read MoreDay 006: How Are We Designed?
Yesterday we introduced an illustration using circles to represent who we are as humans created in the image of God. Today we are going to introduce a few more key ideas that we will develop as we go along. What does it mean that we were created in the “Image” and “Likeness” of the Lord…
Read MoreDay 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.…
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