Jeremy Jernigan Posts

Bible Reading Plan for 2011

27 Dec , 2010 No Comments

Chronological Bible Reading Plan

One of my traditions each year has been to switch Bible versions that I’m reading through. This allows it to stay fresh and keeps me from getting locked into one version. For 2010 I read through the NRSV (New Revised Standard Version) and for 2011 I’m going to read through the TNIV (Today’s New International Version). I’d recommend you consider adopting this habit as well.

In addition, I’m going to start another yearly habit of switching up my Bible reading plans. For 2010 I did the Route 66 plan with all of Central. After much consideration and research I have found a new one for 2011. I am very excited to go through the Chronological reading plan. It is the Bible in a year, but not in the order it appears. They put it into the order they think fits best as it happened chronologically.

In case you are totally confused right now, here is a preview of what the first 5 days look like:

(more…)

Read More

Merry Christmas!

25 Dec , 2010 No Comments

Jeremy the flying aerialist

If you were at one of the Christmas services at Central that I taught at you will recognize the above picture from when I was training our flyers…

(more…)

Read More

Flash Projection

22 Dec , 2010 No Comments

Check out this commercial that BMW did using an experimental technique. They are harnessing some of the lesser known powers of light.

This gets me thinking about how often the Bible refers to God as light. 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 speaks into this idea.

(more…)

Read More

Divine Conspiracy – Ch.9

20 Dec , 2010 No Comments

The Divine Conspiracy - Dallas WillardChapter 9 of Dallas Willard’s Divine Conspiracy is titled, “A Curriculum for Christlikeness,” and as you might imagine it is a meaty one. This is the chapter that many of the people in our TOAG program from Central are asked to read. This is part of my ongoing series of posts about the book. Here are a few of the big ideas that stood out to me.

“So as Jesus’ current assistants in his ongoing program, one important way of characterizing our work of ‘training disciples to do everything I told you’ is ‘bringing them to actually believe all the things they have already heard.'”

(more…)

Read More

Pessimism vs Optimism

18 Dec , 2010 No Comments

optimism vs pessimism

You probably know which of these two images you naturally relate more with. (I’m definitely an optimist). Depending on which one you are you probably also have a list of reasons why the other side is worse off than you are. But is there truly a better one?

(more…)

Read More

Which Came First?

16 Dec , 2010 No Comments

Personality cartoonYour value system or your belief system? Months ago, I read a blog by Donald Miller where he posed the argument that our faith is largely determined by our personality. The more I’ve thought about that the more I think it’s true.

It goes even deeper than that. We often create our value system and then pick a belief system to support it. This can be on a large scale, like deciding to be an atheist because you don’t WANT to follow God, or more specifically when, as a Christian, you pick certain parts of the Bible you choose to disagree with because it benefits you in some way.

(more…)

Read More