What is the center of the life of God's people? What is it that really holds the church all together? My message this past weekend, "Together in Jesus Christ," addresses these very questions. This is the first of four weeks at Eastbrook Church in our series, "Together." The outline and video file for the message is below. You can …
Revealed
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church, we will begin a series entitled, "Revealed," on Revelation, chapters one through three. In this series, we will learn from the seven churches addressed by Jesus, specifically looking at how Jesus reveals Himself and reveals who we are as a church. We will take an in-depth look at each …
Relevant Article: “Why I’m Not Giving Up on Church”
Relevant Magazine published an online article that I wrote today entitled "Why I'm Not Giving Up on Church." It's a bit of my own reflections on why the church is still relevant and important for us today. You can read the entire article at their web-site, but here are the first few paragraphs: In 2011 …
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Mike and Sally Breen on Missional Failure
One of the workshops I attended at Exponential 2013 was led Mike and Sally Breen of 3DM looking at reasons why the missional movement will fail. A good portion of the seminar was story-telling, but their conclusions were fascinating. Here are my notes from those sessions: 4 stories about ministry background 1) Brixton Hill: - …
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Practical Ways to Put Love Into Action
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I spoke about "Beginning to Live with Love." Here is a list of practical suggestions I'd like to offer on how we can put love into action: Ask God to reveal a material need in the life of someone around you, and then respond by meeting that need no …
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