Welcome!
Our Meeting Schedule
Our church community gathers throughout the week at different places on The Block, a neighborhood between downtown and the Lakewood area of Dallas, Texas, near the corner of Beacon and Columbia Ave. We'd love to have you join us!
Music!
We've posted a bundle of links to the songs of John Rutledge - including the Psalms of Ascent and the Hallel. Click on a song and sing along.
Audio Archives
If you can’t make it to The Block, you can listen to podcasts from the archive by our late elder, Ole Anthony, recorded at his daily Morning Bible Studies, available here. Sundays
Note: There are no Sunday Morning meetingsPotluck Meal: We gather together for a potluck meal at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Lair, our community restaurant, located at 5644 Columbia Ave., downstairs.
'Big Group': Then we all gather from 5 - 6 p.m. Sunday for worship, singing and Bible study at the home of John and Joysanna Rutledge next door at 5640 Columbia Ave., upstairs. Contact John Rutledge jhnrutledge@gmail.com or call (214) 385-0230.
Spanish-language Bible Study
There is a Spanish-language Bible Study led by Pete Evans, Sundays at 8 p.m. Contact Pete at pete@trinityfi.org or call (214) 738-3349.Tuesdays
We usually have a pot-luck meal at 5:30 p.m. in the Lair (5644 Columbia Ave.) followed by Bible study at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Gary and Judy Buckner's home at 5632 Columbia Ave. Contact Gary Buckner, buckner.construction@gmail.com or call (214) 682-8007.Fridays
At 7 p.m. Fridays, Bible Study taught by Pete Evans at 5640 Columbia Ave., downstairs. Contact Pete Evans, pete@trinityfi.org or call (214) 738-3349E-mail us: blockoncolumbia@gmail.com
Category Archives: Readings
April 12, 2026 – Ezra 1 – Cyrus’ Decree Allows Jews to Rebuild the Temple
After 70 years in exile, Jews are now going to be allowed to return to their homeland and rebuild their Temple. God :stirs the spirit” of Cyrus the Great, who offers to smooth the way for their return to the … Continue reading
March 22, 2026 – Daniel 12 – Daniel’s Vision of the End Times
An unnamed angel continues giving Daniel a prophecy of Israel’s future. He predicts a time of tribulation but also of deliverance and salvation. There will be a resurrection of some to eternal life and others to shame and contempt. Believers … Continue reading
March 15, 2026 – Daniel 11 – God Gives Daniel an Outline of Israel’s Future
The unnamed angelic being continues to reveal in cryptic language the future of Israel. The Jews will face a period of terrible persecution, but will prevail in the end. Israel’s independence under the Hasmonean dynasty ends with the growth of … Continue reading
February 22, 2026 – Daniel 9 – The Seventy Weeks of Years
Daniel is confessing his own sins and the sins of the Jewish exiles when the Angel Gabriel appears with a prophecy to impart. He lays out a timeline of the future beginning with a decree releasing the Jews to return … Continue reading
February 15, 2026 – Daniel 8 – Vision of a Ram, a Goat and Antiochus Epiphanes
Daniel has another vision, this time of Alexander the Great’s defeat of the Medo-Persian empire and the rise of Antiochus Epiphanes later, who persecutes the Jews, defiling the Temple and forbidding Torah, circumcision and Judaism itself. This cruel, prideful tyrant … Continue reading
February 8, 2026 – Daniel 7 – Vision of the Four Beasts
Daniel relates a troubling vision from God of four beasts rising up out of the sea, representing the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Alexander the Great and Rome. The fourth beast, Rome, is the most ferocious. It has ten horns, and … Continue reading
February 1, 2026 – Daniel 6 – Daniel in the Lions’ Den
A new king Darius rules in Babylon, and he appoints Daniel to high office. The other court officials are jealous and concoct a scheme to get rid of Daniel. They convince the king to decree that no one pray to … Continue reading