by Eric Spivey | Nov 29, 2020 | Advent 2020, future-weeks
This week begins Advent, the month-long season that leads up to Christmas. Here I’ll remind us of what we encounter every year with Christmas—because these stories are familiar to us, they can often be hard to study. We can struggle to turn new eyes on a text...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 22, 2020 | Kingdom of Justice
Passage Intro This week is an off-week between series; we just wrapped up Kingdom of Justice, our Isaiah series, and next week is the start of Advent. This week at Vintage Downtown we’ll turn to Mark 10 and the healing of blind Bartimaeus. As we’ll see,...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 15, 2020 | Kingdom of Justice
Passage Intro Throughout the book Isaiah points to a final conclusion that roots all hope in the here and now, that conclusion being the perfect Kingdom ruled by the perfect King. This week we’ll finish up our series looking at a familiar passage for many...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 5, 2020 | Kingdom of Justice
Passage Intro This chapter is a pretty pivotal one in Isaiah for two reasons; first, it looks back on the first 55 chapters in a quick summary (v.1) before transitioning to the promise of the coming Kingdom in chapters 56-66. At this point, Israelites who had heard...
by Eric Spivey | Oct 28, 2020 | Kingdom of Justice
Passage Intro Last week we looked at the hollow religiosity God’s people have a bad habit of getting into, contrasted with true obedience and faithfulness to God. This week will continue in that vein in Isaiah 58:1-12, where Isaiah draws this contrast through...
