Pastor Brandon walks us through the progressive growth of the people of God in the book of Nehemiah. After being separated from Him for generations (Jer. 29) they have returned to Jerusalem. They have rebuilt the walls and rediscovered God through the reading of his written word (Neh. 8). This resulted in a renewed awareness…(Read More)
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After becoming reacquainted with the nature and character of God, and growing in intimacy with him during a “Solemn Assembly” fast, the people of God became keenly aware of a cycle in which they gradually take God for granted and rebel against him. Pastor Brandon challenges us to turn the intimacy of our “Solemn Assembly…(Read More)
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LIVING ON THE HIGH PLACE The Embassy Church just completed a week that we refer to as “The Solemn Assembly.” During this week we commit to commune with God through the reading of God’s word, repentance, fasting, and prayer. Our objective was quite simple. If the church is going…(Read More)
The Embassy Church is located in East Denver and we hold our worship gatherings at Cole School of Arts & Sciences Academy. Our mission field is located in the 80205 zip code, which is the twelfth most gentrified zip code in the country. In other words, a community that has been predominately African American…(Read More)
Pastor Brandon was a guest speaker at Galilee Baptist Church (Denver, CO) where he reminded us of the imperatives of Psalm 117. He focuses on God’s desire for us to worship Him with our understanding and our affections…(Read More)
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The last week has been both a relief and burden for me. I am relieved that we have finally progressed past the campaign/election season in America. But I am burdened by the manner in which we engaged one another and the reactions to the election results. Part of the U…(Read More)
As we prepare to facilitate The Embassy Church’s first covenant membership class for our new members I saw fit to post a blog that affirms such an action on our part. By what authority do we call people to enter into covenant as members of the local church? While preparing to…(Read More)
In our last blog post we visited four questions that we wanted to spend some time unpacking. We asked, 1) What are we doing? (The Mission) 2) Why are we doing it? (The Values) 3) How are we going to get it done? (The Strategies) 4) When do we have a win? (The…(Read More)
I’m sure that many of you are familiar with the anecdotal tale of a young bride who was preparing her first family dinner. As she was about to put a large roast into the oven to begin baking, her mother stopped her and said “You have to cut three inches off the…(Read More)
A few years ago I met a brilliant, quick-witted man named Keith Clerihue. We were on staff at the same Church in the Denver metro area and his office was down the hall from mine. He is not a man of imposing physical stature, in fact when I met him I recall noting…(Read More)
