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Here is the latest "Behind the Sermon" episode from our sermon podcast related to my message from this past Sunday at Eastbrook Church entitled "Jesus the Holy Obedient One." As usual, we had some really great questions on this episode, ranging from why Leviticus prohibits eating blood, further investigations into what it means to be …
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Hebrews 7:26 begins by telling us that Jesus is “a high priest [who] truly meets our need.” What does this tell us about Jesus? Well, the writer continues by telling us that Jesus meets our need in two ways, both of which are directly related to who Jesus is. That first way that Jesus meets …
“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name’” (Matthew 6:9) If one of the first steps of prayer that we must work out is to whom we are praying, then one of the next steps is to understand who we are in prayer. When Jesus teaches His disciples to …
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“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” (Isaiah 6:3) In prayer we approach the God of the universe face to face. Although the word 'awesome' has been devalued to our contemporary ears, this reality of prayer is truly an awesome thing. The prophet Isaiah found out how …
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This past weekend, I concluded both Eastbrook's Missions Fest as well as our series "God in Blank Spaces." Building off of Jenny Yang's message on the global situation of displaced people the previous weekend, I continued the theme of God's mission amongst the displaced people of the world. My approach to this topic, however, was …
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