I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving... now it's time to think about the beginning of our Journey through the New Testament and the early Church. As you know we have our first session tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 10 am central; 11 am eastern time. I will set up a scheduled live stream, but just so you know, I won't always do that ahead of time - sometimes I will just start the live stream right on time, so it's up to you to remember that we're gathering every Saturday at this time, and be ready. Of course, the sessions will be recorded so if you miss the live stream, you can watch it after the fact. The only difference will be that if you're on live, you can ask me questions as we go. But after the fact, if you post a question, I will always try to answer all questions.
Remember that only supporters of the community will be able to join the live stream or watch the video later. I'm sorry that some of these videos start off available to everyone, and then they switch to supporters only after a few minutes - I don't know if people will find that off-putting, but just so you know, that's not my idea, that's the way the platform works. In any case, if you want to come along on The Journey, make sure to sign up to be a supporter, if you're not already. It is $10/month, but you can always quit any time if you change your mind.
In a little while I'll post some more info on our method for the Bible Study, so stay tuned...
Jim
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
I hope to have another installment of THE JOURNEY up this Saturday - here's the text for the rest of the chapter - I didn't bother with the colored text since this is all from the Gospel of John.
