The next two weekends at Eastbrook I will speak about "The Good Life" from Psalm 23. In a world the trivializes nearly everything and mocks both meaning and depth, what sort of truths do we encounter in Psalm 23? While much of our contemporary American Christianity relegates Psalm 23 to either sentimentalism or the closing days …
What Makes You Wanna Shout?
On June 22 at Eastbrook Church, we had an outdoor worship service with 30 baptisms and block party afterwards called the Big Block Bash. It was a blast to see more than one thousand people spread out worshiping the Lord and celebrating what God is doing in our church, city, and individual lives. Here is the …
Living at the Intersection (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Living at the Intersection," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church as part of our "Love Your Neighborhood" series. Discussion Questions: What has been one of the most powerful ways you have experienced love from another person in your life? What happened? What did it mean to …
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Living at the Intersection
What happens when individual believers and the church together live at the intersection of the Great Commandment and the Great Commission, of words and deeds, of proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel? I'll tell you what...it's dangerous and attractive faith. This is the heart of what I talked about in my message this past weekend, "Living …
Mark DeYmaz on Loving Your Neighborhood
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, guest speaker Mark DeYmaz kicked off our series "Love Your Neighborhood" with a powerful and challenging message. Mark is the Pastor at Mosaic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the founder of the Mosaix Global Network, a network of churches, organizations, and leaders seeking to strengthen multi-ethnic churches and …
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