Overcome

What sort of a Messiah would promise trouble and difficulty? That's exactly what I set out to address as I continued our series,"Chosen Words," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. I explored two separate passages, John 15:18-25 and John 16:16-33, both of which address these more difficult words of Jesus. You can view a video of the message …

Abide

This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series,"Chosen Words," by looking at Jesus' teaching on the spiritual life through the metaphor of the vine and the branches from John 15:1-17. After exploring the idea of Jesus as the 'true' vine, I spent time outlining four aspects of the life of abiding in Jesus. You can view a …