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“The Church as Body: Unity and Diversity” – a message from 1 Corinthians 12

This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this second message from 1 Corinthians 12 (view the first message here), I explored the second part of Paul's discussion of spiritual gifts that leads into his discussion of the church as the body of …

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“Spiritual Gifts and the Church” – a message from 1 Corinthians 12

This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 12, I explored the first part of Paul's discussion of spiritual gifts. There is a lot about this topic to explore but with this message I am attempting to set …

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The Flesh of Our Savior: the importance of the body in Jesus’ redemption

The entire life of faith begins with God reaching out to us first. In response to humanity’s fall from grace and sin’s impact upon this world, God sent Jesus—fully God and fully man—to live, die and be resurrected to bring us and all creation back to God through relational restoration. This is how the Apostle …

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Teresa of Avila, “Christ Has No Body” [Poetry for Easter]

Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is Teresa of Avila's poem "Christ Has No Body." Teresa was a 16th century Carmelite nun in Spain best known as a mystic, reformer, and writer who experienced divine visions. Her most important works include her …

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