We continued our series on the book of Daniel this past weekend at Eastbrook Church by turning to Daniel's famous prayer in chapter 9. Daniel's prayer takes place in the first year of Cyrus' reign, around 539 BC, and references Jeremiah 25:10-11 in recognizing that the time of the exile is reaching its conclusion. Daniel has been in …
More than 300 Chinese Christian Leaders Sign Joint Statement Affirming Religious Freedom
A friend recently shared with me that, in the midst of increasing pressure by the Chinese government on the Christian church in China, a group of pastors wrote a public statement affirming both their commitment to Christian faith in the midst of suffering and an international call to uphold religious freedom. This is noteworthy for …
Prayer of Surrender: Two Quotations
In my message this past weekend, "Prayer of Surrender," I shared two different quotations related to ways in which we need to relinquish our life to God. The first came from Richard Foster, in his book Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home: Struggle is an essential feature of prayer…Jesus’ prayer struggle [in the Garden of Gethsemane] …
Bibliography for the Theology of Suffering and the Life of Joseph
Whenever I study for a sermon series, I spend a lot of time far in advance of that sermon series doing research, reading books, thinking, reading articles, reflecting, reading more books, writing, and reading even more. I usually gather all of the resources I use together into a bibliography for each series. Sometimes, I have …
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