We continued our journey through the first half of the Gospel of Mark in our "Real Jesus" series this weekend at Eastbrook. I brought a message on Jesus as the teacher from Mark 4:1-34. What I was trying to present is that Jesus is a powerful teacher about all of life and that we would …
Reading Parables Without Missing the Point
I want to offer a word of caution as we read parables. We need to think about how we are approaching these stories so that we’re not expecting them to be something they’re not. Let me use a parable of sorts to explain what I mean. Suppose that Kelly and I were going to watch …
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Telling God Stories
Everybody loves a good story. If you sit with a child to read a story to them, watch out! You may find yourself being asked to read it again and again and again. If you open your house for a movie night on Friday, you will likely have a big group of friends show up …
The Tale of Friends at Midnight
This past Sunday, November 8, I kicked-off a new series at Brooklife Church called "Storyteller," in which we are looking at parables of Jesus. I was looking at the parables of the friend coming to another asking for bread at midnight. The focus of my message was on the confidence we can have with our …
Tell It Slant
I just found out that the latest installment of Eugene Peterson's series on spiritual theology has a publication date. Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers is set to hit the shelves on September 29, 2008. The title of this fourth book comes from a poem by …
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