The Searching Love of God
This is a message that shared this morning at the all school worship for Eastbrook Academy. We gather every two weeks with students (K4-12th grade), staff and faculty to worship the Lord. The Nanjing Bridge is an impressive three-mile, two-tier span across the famous Yangtze River in China. It was acclaimed as an engineering feat …
Open Wounds [Life of Joseph, part 4]
After returning from international travels this past week, I returned to Eastbrook to continue our series "The Life of Joseph: God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering." This weekend we explored Genesis 42-44, with special attention to the transformation that occurs in Joseph's brothers, particularly in Judah. My goal in this message was to open up the ways …
Lost and Found [Life of Joseph, part 3]
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series "The Life of Joseph: God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering" by looking at Joseph's exaltation from suffering in Genesis 40-41. A significant part of this message ended up being about waiting on God in the midst of our suffering. You can view the message video and …
Quotations on Temptation
“I can resist anything except temptation.” - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan "Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away Paradise. Therefore in all temptations let us consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose." - Richard Sibbes "A celebrated decadent wrote, ‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to …
