by Jeremy Bouma | On Scripture
A few weeks ago I taught through Hebrews 12:1-3 to encourage the community in which I serve to run this years race with perseverance. I opened the message with these questions: The year is 2020…you are 10 years older. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE? A better question... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Life, On Scripture
Shift Happens: Introduction Cistern A few weeks ago I began a series on the life of Joseph as representative of our own unexpected shifts. We pick up the story with Joseph at the bottom of a cistern. I can only imagine what Joseph was thinking: What has just happened?... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, On Scripture, Theology
I am writing a paper on Pelagius for a ThM Early Church class and reading through a very rare commentary he made on the Book of Romans. I was struck by his commentary on Romans 1:26-27 and homosexuality. The TNIV reads: Because of this, God gave them over to shameful... by Jeremy Bouma | Life, On Scripture
You read that right: Shift Happens. Sometimes our lives take unexpected “shifts.” Shifts happen to us. On Monday June 9, 2003 my life hit an unexpected shift. A year prior I moved to Washington, DC with visions of changing American culture danced through... by Jeremy Bouma | On Scripture
Another recent message I shared with our community as we are marching toward Resurrection in the Book of Mark. We looked at Peter’s denial of Jesus and how that relates to our own mini-acts of denial of the Way of Christ and Man behind that Way. I also share a... by Jeremy Bouma | On Scripture
A message I gave to our community on the fight of Peter and flight of the disciples of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane vs. the very Silent One of Jesus. I compared our own response to the those who attack Jesus and His movement vs. the Jesus who offered something...