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How are we to understand the tension within the Christian Scriptures related to cities?The Hebrew prophets are often critical of cities and many of the destructive promises within the Scripture are aimed at cities, not just groups of people. At the same time, we cannot escape the moving words of the prophet Jeremiah calling God's …
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In response to our MissionsFest and preaching on displaced people both by me and Jenny Yang of World Relief, our mission team offered a list of next steps as our response to displaced people and the needs of the world. I've slightly edited it for online readership. SHOW HOSPITALITY. Thanksgiving is coming! Invite a refugee …
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 …
Many times I'll offer some readings lists to correspond with our teaching series at Eastbrook. Alongside of our series "God in Blank Spaces," I wanted to share some resources I believe are worth looking at in brief or reading entirely. Some of these are general, while a few others are specific to our Missions Festival …
Two weekends ago, I began a new series entitled "God in Blank Spaces." The idea of this series is to connect our thinking about who God is as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with what God does in our world. One question I pondered quite a bit is this: if God is who we say …
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