Honoring the Men Who Watch Our Souls (1 Timothy Series)

It's All Him: How Every Portrait of Glory Leads to Jesus

Send Allen a text - [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2397302/fan_mail/new] Ponder with me about how all the different aspects and perspectives of God's glory lead us to Jesus. We have been speaking about God's glory on the first Sunday of the month, but I want us to consider how all these different scenes that we have spoken about lead us to Jesus. Perhaps even more intriguing, all these different perspectives are found in the first two chapters of John! Let's pull on the thread of glory and see where it leads. To God be the glory! Please email me any comments or questions at grrreeley@gmail.com

Fresh Starts and Forever Limps (Wrestling with God #2)

Send Allen a text - [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2397302/fan_mail/new] Ponder with me once more about Jacob's wrestling match with God. The Lord blesses Jacob and yet he limps away from it and remains that way forever. Is that what it means to be blessed by God? Sometimes, yes. We'll also ponder how Hosea uses this wrestling match to speak to northern Israel about how they are acting too much like old-Jacob. Can we say we are a changed person with a new identity in Christ or are we acting like old-Jacob too? To God be the glory! Please email me any comments or questions at grrreeley@gmail.com

Honoring the Men Who Watch Our Souls (1 Timothy Series)

Send Allen a text - [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2397302/fan_mail/new] Ponder with me about the leadership of elders. In the New Testament, after the apostles passed away, this is the highest role of leadership you can find in the church. It is so vital! Not all Christians have this leadership and so it's easy to take them for granted. Let's think through how to honor them in I Timothy 5:17-21. To God be the glory! Please email me any comments or questions at grrreeley@gmail.com

When Wrestling God Turns Into Surrender: Jacob's New Identity

Send Allen a text - [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2397302/fan_mail/new] Ponder with me one of the strangest passages in Scripture—Jacob wrestling God! On the eve of meeting Esau again Jacob wrestles God and the Lord put his hip out of socket to humble him. He goes from wrestler to clinger in the moment of suffering. I wonder if that's what we need to finally stop fighting and submit to Him? Let's think through this amazing story together. To God be the glory! Please email me any comments or questions at grrreeley@gmail.com

Unveiled: The Team (feat. Bryan Schiele)

Send Allen a text - [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2397302/fan_mail/new] Ponder with Bryan about the need for the team. I love thinking about the church as a team. I've loved playing sports and following sports all of my life, and the need for one another is never more evident than in team sports. Following Jesus means you are a part of a team. We need each other. Christ never intended on you being isolated. Being on this team requires a degree of vulnerability though. We need to let others in for us to benefit the most from the team. To God be the glory! Please email me any comments or questions at grrreeley@gmail.com