This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series, "Jesus on the Move," with a messaged entitled, "Transfigured" from Luke 9:28-36. This event conveys both the beautiful and dangerous glory of Jesus' true nature as fully God and fully man. The silence of the disciples at the end of it all echoes our own call to silence before …
Sunday Prayer 40
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. (Psalm 73:25) God, my God, You are my total treasure in this life and the next. Earth's joys are great: bright beauty, love's pleasures, good gifts, and sweetest songs. But these pale compared to the promised joys of heaven: no …
Resourceful Christianity: Alan Jacobs on Rod Dreher and the Benedict Option
Alan Jacobs offers some helpful reflections on Christian traditions accessing a new way through dialogue with Rod Dreher's recent post ahead of the release of his book The Benedict Option. That’s it, I think. You have to get to the end of your rope, you have to come to the point where you can’t live any …
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Messiah (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Messiah," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is part of our series, "Jesus on the Move." The text for this week are from Luke 9:18-21. Discussion Questions: What do people in society at large or in your relational sphere say about Jesus? We continue …
Messiah
What do we see when we see Jesus? This is the question at the center of my message, "Messiah," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This was part of our series, "Jesus on the Move," where we have been looking at the ministry of Jesus in northern Israel in the first half of the Gospel …
