This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "In the Beginning," drawn from Genesis 1-3. This is the first part of a two-part series on Genesis 1-11 that will stretch from January through Lent up to Easter. This sixth week of the series I preached from Genesis 3:1-13, walking through the first …
5 Must-Read Statements on the Church
It's no secret that one of my favorite theologians of all time is Dietrich Bonhoeffer. His book Life Together is, in my opinion, the best book written on the nature of true community in the church. It is a must-read for many reasons, but one of the most important is the way that Bonhoeffer directly deals with something all of us …
I believe in the holy Christian church, the communion of saints
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Living the Creed: Connecting Life and Faith in the Apostles’ Creed." This series walks through the Apostles Creed as a basic summary of our faith but also as a way to live our faith out with God in the world. Each weekend of this …
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Opening the Book on Prayer: Learning to Pray with the Psalms
This past Monday night for our quarterly Leadership Community gathering at Eastbrook Church, I led us in an interactive seminar on learning to pray with the psalms. A few people asked if I could upload the slide deck from the night, so I'm including that as a PDF here. opening-the-book-on-prayer-4-25-2022-Download I led us in three …
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The Messiah’s Call
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new series entitled "The Messiah's Mission," based in Matthew 8-12. This weekend I explored Matthew 8:18-22, where Jesus encounters two would-be disciples and rebuffs their apparent commitment to Him. These two case studies reveal a lot about what discipleship is all about. In some ways this message …
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