PORTICO
We will continue to have a weekly time of teaching in order to keep our community learning in the same direction! Look for videos to be posted every week.
SMALL GROUPS
Portico groups are encouraged to continue meeting weekly based on location. Please follow the link above to sign up for a virtual group in your area.
right now media
Our friends and ministry partners at Bannockburn Church have purchased access to the largest digital Bible study library available. Visit this page to create an account and gain access!
Adventurous Obedience
Check out the blog of former Longhorn BSM Cross-Cultural Specialist, Dr. Robbi Francovich as she shares spiritual wisdom with her readers.
Rest
Rest does not just happen; it must be intentional. This is a PDF guide to rest with tools and information for you to plan how you will rest well over the next few weeks. Please feel free to share it with your friends and family.
Pray
A time of scripture reading and prayer will be held every Monday through Saturday morning at 8am HERE.
study
Scripture gives us many examples of personal and corporate responses to crises:
Psalm 77 – Remembering God
Psalm 46 – Gods Refuge in Trouble
Lamentations (all) – Example of Godly Lament
Esther 4 – If I Perish, I Perish
Job 39 – Humility in Suffering
Exodus 11-13 – Gods Deliverance from Egypt
2 Corinthians 11 – Afflictions of Paul
Acts 5 – Suffering for Jesus
Nehemiah 1 – Nehemiah Prayer
Isaiah 52-53 – Sufferings of Jesus
read
Why not pick up a book you’ve been meaning to read with all of this extra down time? Here are our recommendations, many of which you can find for sale at the BSM:
BOOK CLUB: The Pursuit of Holiness (Jerry Bridges)
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth (Richard Foster)
Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace (Heath Lambert)
The Fuel & the Flame: 10 Keys to Ignite Your College Campus for Jesus Christ (Steve Shadrach)
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been (Jackie Hill Perry)
The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World (Rosaria Butterfield)
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus (Don Everts and Doug Schaupp)
With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God (Skye Jethani)