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When I draw near to the end of a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. I started doing this because people would ask me what sort of resources I leaned upon for a series or wanted to dig deeper into a specific topic. Here is the …
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Rembrandt van Rijn, The Supper at Emmaus, Oil on canvas; 1648. The resurrection of Jesus is shockingly miraculous but also astoundingly earthy. Nowhere is that more clear than in the story recorded in Luke 24 of Jesus' walking and lingering with two disciples on the road to Emmaus after His resurrection. This apparently chance encounter involves …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Seeing Jesus for the First Time," with each message drawn from Luke, chapter 24. This weekend I preached a message entitled "Seeing Jesus Here," which is the second of two messages on the episode of Jesus appearing to two disciples on the road to …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our celebration of Jesus' resurrection in Eastertide. I preached the first of two messages on the wonderful episode of Jesus appearing to two disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24:13-35. This is part of our preaching series entitled "Seeing Jesus for the First Time," with each …
Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is Denise Levertov's poem "On Belief in the Physical Resurrection of Jesus," from The Collected Poems of Denise Levertov. Denise Levertov was a twentieth century poet, born in England and later residing in the United States. …
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