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The following story was a part of my message on Sunday ("Stephen: a heart for God") that I had to cut out at the last minute. I am always inspired by Polycarp' story of knowing what is worth living for and what is worth dying for. Perhaps you have heard of a beautiful town known …
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What follows is an excerpt from my sermon this past Sunday, "Faith to Face the Giant," on the showdown between David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. I closed the sermon with some reflections on how we read the Bible, especially how we read stories, or narratives, in the Bible. I had a few people …
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John Everett Millais, The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow (from The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ), wood engraving; proof on India paper; 1864. [Jesus] said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who …
We hope to see you this Holy Week at Eastbrook Church as we remember the last week of Jesus' life before the Resurrection. Thursday, April 6 · 7 pm · Fellowship Hall · In Person OnlyJoin us in person on Maundy Thursday (April 6) as we remember Christ’s Last Supper with a simple service. Due …
In the mid-1800s, Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden, lamented the quickening pace of life as represented in the rise of the steam engine. Thoreau described these steam engines as moving “like a comet.”[1] Yet their top-speed was a whopping 40 MPH, which may seem humorous to us today. Today, it is not the steam engine, but …
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