by Juan Maclean | Sep 16, 2026 | future-weeks, Unspectacular
Back to all discussion guides → October 11 – Psalm 118 Main Focus: Making gratitude a habit Psalm 118 calls on all of God’s people to praise the Lord for his steadfast love, and then moves to what seems to be a personal testimony of God’s rescue from distress,...
by Juan Maclean | Sep 16, 2026 | future-weeks, Unspectacular
Back to all discussion guides → October 4 – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Main Focus: Work is an act of worship In this passage, Paul instructs the Thessalonian community to exercise church discipline on those refusing to work. Although there is nothing in 1 or 2...
by Juan Maclean | Sep 15, 2026 | future-weeks, Unspectacular
Back to all discussion guides → September 27 – John 15:1-17 Main Focus: Learning to abide in Jesus This is the last of Jesus’ seven I am sayings in this Gospel. The vinedresser refers back to Isaiah’s first vineyard song, where God is depicted as tending his...
by Juan Maclean | Sep 13, 2026 | future-weeks, Unspectacular
Back to all discussion guides → September 20 – Jeremiah 29:4-7 Main Focus: The quiet life of the resident alien In Jeremiah, all the people were taken into exile in 597 BC by King Nebuchadnezzar. The purpose of Jeremiah is to reassure these exiles that God has...
by Juan Maclean | Sep 2, 2026 | Unspectacular
Back to all discussion guides → September 13 – Matthew 6:25-34 Main Focus: The path to trusting God The pursuit of the kingdom of God works out in the details of one’s personal life. In the context of today’s text Jesus calls his followers to choose their...
