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Here were my four application points from this past weekend's message, "I Am Made Uniquely" (part of our "Who Am I?" series on identity with God in Christ at Eastbrook Church). This is, in fact, the paper I wrote them down on in preparation for the message after a time of prayer right before I …
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I came across this quoted Pascal in his work Pensées as I prepared for my message this past weekend. It is one that I have shared in previous messages, but it is so relevant to our searching for identity: "There was once in man a true happiness of which there now remain to him only the mark and empty trace, which …
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, as we celebrated the resurrection, we launched a new series entitled "Who Am I?: Finding Identity in Christ." My first message in that series, "He Is - I Am," explored how the life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah leads us into the discovery of what it truly means …
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As we celebrated the resurrection this past weekend at Eastbrook Church we also began a new series "Who Am I?" on identity in Christ. My Easter message was a linkage between our deepest questions about finding who we are and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. You can view the message video below. You …
This past May I traveled to a Pastor's Conference at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, as part of my sabbatical. While there, I had numerous opportunities to answer the question, "Where are you from?" Since most of the attendees were from western Canada or the Pacific Northwest, it was always entertaining to explain where …
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