A Provocative Pondering
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us provoke one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together … (Hebrews 10:23-25a)
We ponder and participate in community. Part of that community is the congregation at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, but we are connected with a world-wide network of congregations that are corps of ambassadors for God’s forgiving and reconciling love. God reveals that love most clearly in Jesus Christ and we live it most faithfully through his body, the church universal, as it blesses God’s world.
As you ponder the passage for the week, we invite you to listen for what the Spirit is saying in the text, then question how those insights might change the ways you see things and act in the world. Share your thoughts, if you feel moved to, by posting a comment in chat box below.
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2020
- Invitation to Ponder May 3-10
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Feb 23 – Mar 1
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Jan 12-19
2019
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Dec 22-29
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Dec 8-15
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Sep 29 – Oct 6
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Sep 15-22
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of Sep 15-22
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of August 25 – Sep 1
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of August 18-25
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of August 11-18
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of July 14-21
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of July 7-14
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of June 30-July 7
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of June 16-23
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of June 9-16
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of June 2-9
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of May 26-June 2
- Memorize & Ponder for the week of May 19-26
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before May 5
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Apr 28
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Apr 21
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Apr 7
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Mar 31
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Mar 31 – Ps 32:5
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Mar 24 – Ps 45:1
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Mar 17 – Ps 63:3
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Mar 10 – Ps 27:5
- Memorize & Ponder for the week before Mar 3 – Ps 100:5
- Psalm 33 Hope/Uncertainty Feb 17-24
- Jan 27 – Feb 3
- Can We Be Saved From Ourselves? Jan 20-27
- What Is Your Dream? Jan 13-20
- How Do We Flourish in God’s Steadfast Love? Jan 6-13
2018
- What Love is This? Dec 30 – Jan 6, 2019
- What Does God Promise? Dec 16 – 23
- How Do We Make God Known? Dec 9 – 16
- Can God Save Us From Our Troubles? Nov 25 – Dec 2
- Who Is Our Source of Happiness? Nov 11 – 18
- How Does God Make Wars Cease? Nov 4 – 11
- Are We Caught Up in a Net of Anger? Oct 28 – Nov 4
- Can We Thank God for Forgiveness? Sep 30 – Oct 7
- Is God Our Steadfast Friend? Sep 23 – 30
- What Are We Singing to the Lord? Sep 16 – 23
- How Does God Restore Our Souls? Sep 9 – 16
- Where is God’s Steadfast Love at Work? Aug 26 – Sep 2
- Has God Forgotten Us? August 19 – 26
- What Is God Up To? August 12 – 19
- What Is Our Glory? August 5 – 12
- Listening to God’s Silence July 29 – Aug 5
- Can We Talk to God About Our Sin? July 22 – 29
- Who Rescues Us From Isolation? July 15 – 22
- Who Is It All About? July 8 – 15
- What Response Does God Enjoy? July 1 – 8
- How Big is Your God? June 24 – July 1
- Reimagining the Kingdom Gospel May (Rev Peter Quek) 20 – 27
- So Now What Do We Do? May 13 – 20
- What Do We Get? May 6 – 13
- Who Gets to Participate? Apr 29 – May 6
- What Are You Reading? Apr 29
- No Other Source of Salvation? Apr 15 – 22
- What Is Perfect Health? Apr 8 – 15
- How Do We Encourage Each Other? Apr 1 – 8
- You’ve Got to be Kidding? Mar 25 – Apr 1
- What’s All the Fuss? Mar 18 – 25
- How Do We Bear Much Fruit? Mar 11 – 18
- Mar 4 – 11
- What Zeal Consumes You? Feb 25 – Mar 4
- Where Is Your Mind Set? Feb 18 – 25
- What Do We See in the Face of Jesus Christ? Feb 4 – 11
- Have You Not Heard? Jan 28 – Feb 4
- What is God’s Word for the City? Jan 21 – 28
- What is a Prophetic Community? Jan 14 – 21
- Where Does God’s Light Shine? Jan 7 – 14
2017
- How Can We Resolve to Rejoice? Dec 31 – Jan 7, 2018
- How Can We Resolve to Rejoice? Dec 24 – 31
- How Deep is Your Love? Dec 17 – 24
- What’s the Source of our Joy? Dec 10 – 17
- What Is That Word Again? Dec 3 – 10
- How is God Shaping Your Faith? Nov 26 – Dec 3
- Did Matthew Get This Right? Nov 19 – 26
- Entrusted with What? Nov 12 – 19
- Awake for What? Nov 5 – 12
- How Do We Serve Jesus Christ? Oct 29 – Nov 5
- What Is the Essence of Christianity? Oct 22-29
- What Do We Owe to the Imperial Powers? Oct 15 – 22
- How Do We Respond to God’s Invitation? Oct 8 – 15
- Why Did the Authorities Fear Jesus? Oct 1 – 8
- What is the Authority of Jesus? Sep 24 – Oct 1
- What is God’s Fairness? Sep 17 – 24
- What is the Power of Forgiveness? Sep 10 – 17
- Where Is Christ in the World? Sep 3 – 10
- What Kind of Life Does Jesus Give? Aug 27 – Sep 3
- What Do You Say Jesus Is? Aug 20-27
- What is Great Faith? Aug 13-20
- What is the Prosperity of Zion? July 23-30
- How Do We Shine Like the Sun? July 16 – 23
- How Are We Sowing the Seeds of SHALOM? July 9 – 16
- What Kind of Rest Does Jesus Give? June 25 – July 2
- Why Is Welcoming So Powerful? June 18-25
- Remarkable Faith: The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant June 11-18
- What Are We Responsible For? June 4 – 11
- What Does the Spirit Provoke? May 28 – Jun 4
- Spirtual Fever May 21-28
- How Does God Nourish Faith? May 14-21
- How Do We Know God? May 7-14
- How Does Flourishing Find Us? May 7
- What Kind of Peace Apr 23
- A Fearful Joy Apr 16
- Jesus Generates Turmoil Apr 9
- Living in the Resurrection Apr 2
- Seeing the Glory of God Mar 26
- Nourished for God’s Mission Mar 19
- God Pursues Mar 12
- The Temptations of Our Times Mar 5
- Love Your Enemies – Seriously? Feb 26
- The Price of Anger Feb 19
- Let’s Play Catch (Roy Salmond preaching) Feb 5
- Light in the Shadow of Death Jan 29
- Socks and Saints (Rev Bob Burrows) Jan 15
- In the Beginning Jan 8
- Jesus, the Refugee Jan 1
2016
- Beholding the Glory Dec 25
- The Power of God With Us Dec 18
- Is Jesus the One? Dec 11
- The Mad Man in the Wilderness Dec 4
- Stay Awake Nov 20
- Being with Jesus in Paradise Nov 13
- Being Children of the Resurrection Oct 30
- How Sinners become Saints Oct 23-30
- A Humble Faith Oct 16-23
- Persistence in Seeking Justice Oct 9-16
- A 10% Gratitude Ration Oct 2 – 9
- Increase Our Faith Sep 25 – Oct 2
- Shrewd Stewardship Sep 11-18
- Carrying Christ’s Cross Aug 28 – Sept 4
- Who’s Invited to the Banquet? Aug 21-28
- What Delights the People? Aug 14-21
- Dealing with Division Aug 7-14
- The Money Sermon July 24-31
- You are my Beloved (Luke 3: 22b) | July 17 – 24
- Love is the Answer (Luke 10: 36-37) | July 3 – 10, 2016
- We Are Sent in Community (Luke 10: 1) | June 26 – July 3, 2016
- The Church – Past, Present & Future (1 Kings 17:8-24) | June 5 – 12, 2016
- The Power to Revive (Luke 7: 15) | May 29 – June 5, 2016
- The Power to Heal (Luke 7: 7) | May 22-29, 2016
- Reformed by the Spirit (John 16: 14-15) | May 15-22, 2016
- Renewal in the Spirit (John 14: 17) | May 8 -15, 2016
- The Winter of our Discontents (John 10: 22-24) | Apr 10 – 17, 2016
- Invited to Breakfast (John 21: 12) | Apr 3 – 10, 2016
- What is the Peace of Christ (John 20: 21) | Mar 27 – Apr 3, 2016
- Wondering What Happened (Luke 24: 11-12) | Mar 20-27, 2016
- What Kind of Leader? (Luke 19; 35) | Mar 13-20, 2016
- Coming to Our Senses (Luke 15: 17-19a) | Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2016
- Repent Amidst Fear and Division (Luke 13: 5) | Feb 21 – 28, 2016
- Sources of Desolation (Luke 13: 35b) | Feb 14 – 21, 2016
- Times of Testing (Luke 4: 1-2a) | Feb 7 – 14, 2016
- Listening to Jesus (Luke 9: 35) | Jan 31 – Feb 7, 2016
- Rejecting Jesus (Luke 4: 28-29) | Jan 24 – 31, 2016
- What is Jesus All About? (Luke 4: 18-19) | Jan 17 – 24, 2016
- Love out of Bounds (2 Kings 5: 15a) | Jan 10 – 17, 2016
- Preaching the Good News (John 3: 19-20) | Jan 3 – 10, 2016
- Fed to be Different (John 1: 18) | Dec 27- Jan 3, 2016
2015
- The Gift of Curiosity (Luke 2: 46-47) | Dec 20 – 27, 2015
- Living in Peace (Malachai 3: 1) | Nov 29 – Dec 6, 2015
- Not What They Expected (Mark 11;7) | Nov 15-22, 2015
- Jesus is Lord so We Can Live in Peace (1 Cor 1 : 1-2a) | Nov 1 – Nov 8, 2015
- Strange Brothers (Philippians 1: 15-16) | Oct 11 – Oct 18, 2015
- Paying Attention to God’s Peace (Philippians 4: 8) | Oct 4 – Oct 11, 2015
- Called and Equipped to Flourish (Philippians 3: 13-14) | Sept 27 – Oct 4, 2015
- Praying for the Church (Philippians 1: 3-5) | Sept 13 – Sept 20, 2015
- Who is my Neighbour? (Romans 13:10) | Sept 6 – Sept 13, 2015
- Who Does God Love (Romans 9: 25-26) | Aug 30 – Sept 6, 2015
- Nothing Can Separate Us from God (Romans 8: 38-39) | Aug 23-30,2015
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