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I have been a Senior Pastor of a large, non-denominational, evangelical church for the past ten years, and been in pastoral ministry for nearly twenty years now. Maybe, like me, you realize there is something happening in the life of the North American Church that could best be described as a crisis of pastoral leadership. …
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This past weekend in my message, "Friend of Sinners," I mentioned an article by J. I. Packer that I read many years ago in which he talks about the church as a hospital for sinners. In searching for it, I discovered that the article was actually an excerpt from Packer's book, A Quest for Godliness. I found …
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series on the book of Daniel by turning our attention to chapter 7, which begins the markedly different second half of the book. Chapters 1-6 are court narratives, while chapters 7-12 are apocalyptic visions. This first vision serves as a sort of parallel to Daniel 2 and …
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Gabriel Douglas, Eastbrook's Middle School Pastor, continued our series on the book of Daniel, "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. As Gabriel mentioned, this was an interesting message as I asked him to preach at the pivot point of the book of Daniel on the nature of apocalyptic literature and why …
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This past week, Judah Smith, pastor of Churchome (formerly 'City Church') announced via Twitter that the church's latest "site" would be through an app on your smart phone. You can read an article about it here: "Judah Smith Launches Church 'in the palm of your hand.'" This move, listed as on of the locations on the church's …
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