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On the Life of the Mind – Guilt
Highlighted Text: Mark 7:15, 20-22 M’Cheyne Text: Genesis 37; Mark 7 Guilt: Our consciences remind us what is true and encourage us to choose it. No matter how much we follow our consciences, however,...
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The Life of the Mind – Competing Desires
M’Cheyne Text: Mark 8 (text | audio, 4:40 min) and Genesis 38 (text | audio, 5:00 min) Highlighted Text: Mark 8:34-36 (text) Desires: As we saw yesterday, when the blood of Christ washes away our deep...
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The Life of the Mind – Greatness
M’Cheyne: Mark 9 (text | audio, 6:43) Genesis 39 (text | audio, 3:49) Highlighted Text: Mark 9:35-37 I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there’s a pair of us – don’t tell! They’d banish...
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The Life of the Mind – Cross-Bearing
M’Cheyne: Mark 10 (text | audio, 6:39 min) and Genesis 40 (text | audio, 3:26 min) Highlighted Text: Mark 10:45 (text) Servants: Yesterday, we saw that, if we want to become “somebodies” in the kingdom...
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On the Life of the Mind – Royalty
M’Cheyne: Mark 11 (text | audio, 4:03 min) and Genesis 41 (text | audio, 7:56 min) Highlighted: Mark 11:7, 15 Kingdom: God intended to rule the world through human beings, but – from the Garden of Eden...
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Lenten Mornings and Evenings
M’Cheyne: Mark 14 (text | audio, 9:00 min) and Genesis 44 (text | audio, 5:00 min) Lenten Mornings: Our Lenten Project starts Wednesday. Like our Advent Project, our Lenten Project will feature guest...
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843 Acres Lent: A Lenten Fast
Lenten Morning 843 Acres Lent: A Lenten Fast Readings: Mark 15 (text | audio, 6:02 min) and Genesis 45 (text | audio, 5:10 min) Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. Mark 15:37 Tomorrow is...
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843 Acres Lent: A Prayer for Ash Wednesday
Lenten Morning 843 Acres Lent: A Prayer for Ash Wednesday Readings: Mark 16 (text | audio, 3:14 min) and Genesis 46 (text | audio, 4:52 min) The Resurrection of Christ: Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was...
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843 Acres Lent: Prepared for the Lord
Lenten Morning 843 Acres Lent: Prepared for the Lord Readings: Genesis 47 (text | audio, 5:34 min) and Luke 1:1-38 (text | audio, 5:24 min) The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold: Luke 1:11-17 And...
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843 Acres Lent: The Magnificat for All
Lenten Morning 843 Acres Lent: The Magnificat for All Readings: Genesis 48 (text | audio, 3:54 min) and Luke 1:39-80 (text | audio, 4:32 min) The Magnificat: Luke 1:46-55 And Mary said, “My soul...
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A New Look at Creation
Daily Reading Genesis 2 (Listen – 3:42) Matthew 2 (Listen – 3:18) *We’re reading and listening to the NIV this year. See why. Ancient creation accounts have fallen out of vogue in the modern world....
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TBT: Investing as an Image Bearer of God
Daily Reading Genesis 1 (Listen – 4:55) Matthew 1 (Listen – 3:29) TBT: Investing as an Image Bearer of God | from Augustine of Hippo, c. 420 C.E. Every man who is in any trouble, and his own resources...
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Life-Giving Anger
Daily Reading Genesis 5 (Listen – 3:18) Matthew 5 (Listen – 6:03) *We’re reading and listening to the NIV this year. See why. Matthew 5.22 “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or...
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Don’t Conjure Forgiveness, Extend It
Daily Reading Genesis 6 (Listen – 2:48) Matthew 6 (Listen – 4:35) *We’re reading and listening to the NIV this year. See why. Matthew 6.12 [Father,] forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our...
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Roads and Stars — The Calling of Christ
Daily Reading Genesis 7 (Listen – 3:18) Matthew 7 (Listen – 3:31) *We’re reading and listening to the NIV this year. See why. Matthew 7.13 [Jesus said,] “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the...
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TBT: The Almighty and Creative Action of God
Daily Reading Genesis 8 (Listen – 3:06) Matthew 8 (Listen – 4:09) *We’re reading and listening to the NIV this year. See why. Matthew 8:16-17 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were...
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Go and Learn
Daily Reading Genesis 9-10 (Listen – 7:19) Matthew 9 (Listen – 4:56) *We’re reading and listening to the NIV this year. See why. Matthew 9.13 [Jesus said,] “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire...
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Faith Among Skeptics
Daily Reading Genesis 13 (Listen – 2:16) Matthew 12 (Listen – 6:41) Matthew 12.6 [Jesus said,] I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. “Modern philosophy has been inhospitable to the...
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Three Reasons Jesus Spoke in Parables
Daily Reading Genesis 14 (Listen – 4:04) Matthew 13 (Listen – 7:23) Matthew 13.10-11 The disciples came to [Jesus] and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the...
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The Real Reason We’re Uncomfortable With Miracles
Daily Reading Genesis 15 (Listen – 2:53) Matthew 14 (Listen – 4:14) Matthew 14.25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. We’ve become remarkably good at explaining miracles....
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