Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the traditional season of Lent, a 40-day journey (minus Sundays) toward Easter. Here are some common questions about Lent. "What is Lent all about?" Lent is more than a worn-out tradition marked by self-absorbed sorrow and meal-skipping. Instead, Lent is a journey into greater depths of life with Jesus …
Understanding Advent
Here is a video that our team at Eastbrook Church put together about the season of Advent. Join in with our 2019 Advent devotional and preaching series, "Songs of the Savior: Psalms for Advent." https://vimeo.com/375762370
Andrew Brunson on the presence and absence of God in suffering
If you have not yet listened to this message from Andrew Brunson reflecting on the presence and absence of God, you should listen to it soon. Brunson talks about his experience of God's absence through a good deal of his imprisonment in Turkey, of how his reading of prison biographies did not prepare him for …
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Understanding Ash Wednesday
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The Son of Man: a video from The Bible Project
This past weekend, I preached a message on Jesus as the Son of Man at Eastbrook Church. This was part of our series, "Name Above All Names," on the titles of Christ. Once again, I want to recommend that you view this roughly video from The Bible Project which condenses a tremendous amount of theology …
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