A man with four abandoned reading plans and a notification he has learned to swipe. This message reads the light promised at the entrance, the daily searching an eyewitness called noble, the food a man is told to eat as it comes, and the difference between a plan and a habit.
Marcus ReedEvangelist, on air as Reed
Messages
1 Corinthians 1:27
Identity
A Teacher Wrote Him Off and He Built His Whole Life Around It
1 Corinthians 1:27
2 Corinthians 12:8
The Silence
He Asked Three Times and It Went the Other Way
2 Corinthians 12:8
2 Samuel 18:33
The Father
The King Wept for a Son Who Had Tried to Kill Him
2 Samuel 18:33
Psalm 139:14
Identity
He Is the Funny One and He Has Not Been Asked Anything Else in Years
Psalm 139:14
Psalm 10:14
The Father
Somewhere in the Psalms a Man Hands God the Fatherless on Purpose
Psalm 10:14
Nehemiah 8:8
The Word
They Read It Out Loud and Explained It So People Got the Sense
Nehemiah 8:8
Job 23:10
The Silence
The Loudest Complaint About God's Silence Is in the Bible, in Red
Job 23:10
Psalm 119:130
The Word
He Has the App and He Has Never Finished a Single Book
Psalm 119:130
James 3:10
Anger
He Blesses People Out Loud and Boils the Whole Time
James 3:10
John 11:6
The Silence
He Prayed for One Person and Got Nothing Back
John 11:6
1 Samuel 20:30
Anger
It Cost Him the One Thing He Actually Wanted
1 Samuel 20:30
Matthew 3:17
The Father
The Voice Said It Before He Had Done One Thing
Matthew 3:17
Romans 7:19
Anger
He Means the Apology and He Does It Again on Friday
Romans 7:19
Deuteronomy 29:29
The Word
There Are Verses He Read Twice and Then Closed the Book
Deuteronomy 29:29
Titus 3:5
Covenant
He Thinks the Good Stretch Is What Is Keeping God In
Titus 3:5
Luke 5:11
Repentance
They Left the Boats Right There on the Sand
Luke 5:11
Deuteronomy 6:7
The Father
He Is Holding His Own Son and He Is Terrified of the Pattern
Deuteronomy 6:7
Exodus 8:15
Repentance
The Moment It Let Up He Went Straight Back
Exodus 8:15
Luke 22:20
Covenant
He Held Up a Cup and Called It a New Covenant
Luke 22:20
Ephesians 4:26
Anger
He Has Scared Somebody He Loves and He Saw Their Face
Ephesians 4:26
Romans 8:15
The Father
The Word He Put in Their Mouths Is the One a Baby Says First
Romans 8:15
Acts 10:34
The Silence
He Thinks God Answers Other People
Acts 10:34
Isaiah 43:1
Identity
Somebody Wrote a Name on Him at Twelve and He Still Answers to It
Isaiah 43:1
Psalm 103:10
Covenant
He Assumes God Is Waiting for Him to Slip
Psalm 103:10
Acts 5:2
Repentance
They Sold the Land and Kept Back Part of the Price
Acts 5:2
Romans 4:4
Covenant
He Keeps a Running Total of What He Owes God
Romans 4:4
Luke 18:1
The Silence
He Has Been Saying the Same Sentence for Four Years
Luke 18:1
Ephesians 2:8
Covenant
He Cannot Believe Anything Is Actually Free
Ephesians 2:8
1 John 2:27
The Word
John Told Them They Did Not Need Anybody to Teach Them This
1 John 2:27
Psalm 22:1
The Silence
He Has Decided the Quiet Is a Punishment
Psalm 22:1
Colossians 3:21
Anger
He Learned It From a Man Who Never Governed His Own
Colossians 3:21
Romans 6:4
Covenant
He Went Under the Water at Fifteen and Thinks He Broke It
Romans 6:4
Colossians 3:3
Identity
He Cannot Tell the Difference Between What He Did and What He Is
Colossians 3:3
1 Corinthians 4:15
The Father
Paul Said There Are Plenty of Instructors and Almost No Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15
1 Samuel 16:7
Identity
He Has Been Playing the Character People Expect
1 Samuel 16:7
Mark 7:8
The Word
He Cannot Tell What Is the Bible and What Is Just How He Was Raised
Mark 7:8
Jonah 3:5
Repentance
A Whole City Turned on the Say So of a Man Who Did Not Want to Be There
Jonah 3:5
Exodus 4:10
Identity
He Has Been the Strong One So Long Nobody Thinks to Ask
Exodus 4:10
Jeremiah 23:29
The Word
He Reads It and Feels Absolutely Nothing
Jeremiah 23:29
Hebrews 6:17
Covenant
God Swore by Himself Because There Was Nobody Higher
Hebrews 6:17
Zephaniah 3:17
The Father
God Is Described as Being Too Happy to Talk
Zephaniah 3:17
Proverbs 28:13
Repentance
He Knows Exactly Which Room He Cannot Walk Back Into
Proverbs 28:13
Psalm 13:1
Anger
The Loudest Man in the Psalms Was Angry at God
Psalm 13:1
2 Corinthians 7:10
Repentance
He Has Said Sorry About Nine Times and Nothing Has Changed
2 Corinthians 7:10
Jeremiah 1:5
Identity
He Thinks the Talent Was the Whole of What He Was Worth
Jeremiah 1:5
Luke 19:8
Repentance
He Named a Number Out Loud and Then Doubled It
Luke 19:8
Ezekiel 18:20
Identity
They Keep Telling Him He Is Turning Into His Father
Ezekiel 18:20
1 Timothy 1:15
Repentance
Paul Called Himself the Chief of Them and Then Kept Preaching
1 Timothy 1:15
Luke 2:46
The Word
A Twelve Year Old Sat in the Temple Asking Questions
Luke 2:46
2 Timothy 2:13
Covenant
He Assumes He Got Dropped the Day He Broke His End
2 Timothy 2:13
Proverbs 25:28
Anger
He Is Calm Everywhere Except Inside His Own Front Door
Proverbs 25:28
Isaiah 43:25
Identity
The First Thing Anybody Learns About Him Is the Worst Thing He Did
Isaiah 43:25
1 Samuel 3:7
The Silence
He Cannot Tell His Own Thoughts From God
1 Samuel 3:7
Lamentations 3:19
Anger
A Lot of What He Calls Anger Is Grief With Nowhere to Go
Lamentations 3:19
Ephesians 2:10
Identity
He Only Feels Real on the Days He Produces Something
Ephesians 2:10
Psalm 16:11
Repentance
He Thinks Turning Means Becoming Somebody Boring
Psalm 16:11
Genesis 4:7
Anger
God Started the Conversation While the Man Was Still Angry
Genesis 4:7
Mark 10:21
Repentance
A Man Asked Jesus a Question, Got a Straight Answer, and Walked
Mark 10:21
2 Timothy 1:5
The Father
Two Women Raised a Man Paul Would Not Stop Bragging About
2 Timothy 1:5
Habakkuk 2:1
The Silence
He Watches Everybody Else Describe Hearing God
Habakkuk 2:1
Psalm 27:10
The Father
He Lived Twenty Minutes Away the Whole Time
Psalm 27:10
Luke 15:18
Repentance
He Rehearsed the Speech and Never Got to Finish It
Luke 15:18
Acts 17:11
The Word
They Fact-Checked the Apostle and the Bible Says It Made Them Better
Acts 17:11
Luke 15:20
The Father
The Father Ran, Which Nobody in That Culture Did
Luke 15:20
Genesis 15:17
Covenant
God Put Him to Sleep and Then Signed It on His Own
Genesis 15:17
Isaiah 50:10
The Silence
He Is Waiting for a Sign Before He Decides
Isaiah 50:10
Judges 6:12
Identity
God Called Him What He Was Not, While He Was Hiding
Judges 6:12
Psalm 42:3
The Silence
He Stopped Months Ago and Has Not Told Anybody
Psalm 42:3
Psalm 68:5
The Father
The Form Had a Line on It and He Made Something Up
Psalm 68:5
Revelation 2:17
Identity
There Is a Name Written on a Stone That Only Two People Ever Read
Revelation 2:17
Ezekiel 36:26
Covenant
His Whole Life Is Transactions and He Cannot Picture Anything Else
Ezekiel 36:26
Isaiah 59:1
The Silence
He Has Decided the Silence Is His Own Fault
Isaiah 59:1
Acts 4:13
The Word
They Noticed the Two of Them Were Not Educated Men
Acts 4:13
Isaiah 54:10
Covenant
He Has Never Been in Anything That Could Not Be Canceled
Isaiah 54:10
1 Kings 19:12
The Silence
He Heard From God Once and Never Again
1 Kings 19:12
Jeremiah 31:33
Covenant
He Has Signed Things He Did Not Read and Paid for It
Jeremiah 31:33
Joel 2:13
Repentance
He Is Waiting Until He Feels Sorry Enough to Count
Joel 2:13
Numbers 20:11
Anger
The Man Who Talked to God Face to Face Lost His Temper on a Rock
Numbers 20:11
John 6:68
The Word
He Is Afraid of What He Will Owe If It Turns Out to Be True
John 6:68
Ephesians 4:31
Anger
He Does Not Yell, He Goes Cold, and It Does More Damage
Ephesians 4:31
Luke 4:18
The Word
He Only Knows the Verses That Were Used on Him
Luke 4:18
Job 7:11
Anger
He Is Furious at Somebody Who Is Already Dead
Job 7:11
2 Timothy 3:16
The Word
He Found Something That Did Not Match What He Was Taught
2 Timothy 3:16
Matthew 1:24
The Father
A Man Took a Son That Was Not His and Never Made a Speech About It
Matthew 1:24