As a boy, one of my jobs at home was cleaning up apples and plums that fell from the trees in our yard. I now have the privilege of bringing this tedious job to my own children as apples incessantly fall off the tree in our backyard. 'Privilege' may be a bit of a stretch …
How is God Speaking to You? (week 35)
I would love to hear from you about how God is speaking to you each day as you read the Bible. Whether you are part of the group of people reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011 with me or not, please feel free to write something here. Simply drop a note …
Procrastination
Procrastinating is the sort of thing you should put off doing. Do not give in to waiting to do something that needs to be done or you may find that, while waiting, the stress and worry of the eventual doing may compound like interest on a mortgage...just a lot faster. In the biblical book of …
Blessed to Be a Blessing (Study Questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Blessed to Be a Blessing." What do you think it means to be ‘blessed’ by God? What are some of the blessings God has given you in your life? Genesis 12:1-3 records God’s first conversation with Abraham (called …
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Blessed to Be a Blessing
This week at Eastbrook Church, we are continuing our series "Go Global" with a look at a theme that runs through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. That theme is this: “we have been blessed by God in order to be a blessing to others." This is really not an original concept from me, but …
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