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Living the Creed: Connecting Life and Faith in the Apostles’ Creed – a new series at Eastbrook Church

This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Living the Creed: Connecting Life and Faith in the Apostles’ Creed." This series walks through the Apostles Creed as a basic summary of our faith but also as a way to live our faith out with God in the world. Each weekend …

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One Faith for One Body: Theological aspects of unity and diversity

Yesterday, I explored how Paul urges the believers in the area of Ephesus to focus on Jesus and to put on the character of Christ. But Paul doesn't stop there. Now he addresses our theology, urging the believers—and us—to keep first things first. "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called …

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St. John the Theologian: a reflection by Eugene Peterson

In his exceptional essay, "Poetry from Patmos: St. John as Pastor, Poet, and Theologian" in Subversive Spirituality, Eugene Peterson describes the Apostle John as the sort of theologian we most need and are most ready to hear. Theologians sometime receive a bad name because they seem removed from existence. But the best theologians step into the …

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