Pastor Brandon addresses the manner in which Paul challenged the Corinthians on their tendency to think of themselves in lofty terms. They had the practice of celebrating themselves based on the manner in which God had blessed. They who received certain gifts deemed themselves as high than who did not posses the same gifts. In…(Read More)
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When addressing the topic of the church as mission, too often we deal in the realm of “what should I be doing” without a solid understanding or focus of “who am I”. Pastor Derrick encourages us to know or remember who we are, so we can go about accomplishing the mission that God…(Read More)
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All human beings are made in the image of God and, consequently, possess inherent value and dignity. When one ponders this should will appreciate the extent to which births should be celebrated and deaths should be grieved. In direct disregard for this reality, we have gravitated to a cultural norm that treats abortion as a…(Read More)
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Recently, I was reviewing a list of blogs that are part of my routine reading and I came across an essay written by Chase Davis, a friend and fellow pastor in the state of Colorado. Because he is a white man pastoring a rather homogeneous church in an equally homogeneous community, I was interested…(Read More)
Throughout the Fall of 2011 I was in the midst of networking in preparation for the planting of The Embassy Church. During this process a pastor in my city invited me to a gathering that featured his mentor, a professor of Missiology at a large denominational seminary, as the keynote speaker. When we were…(Read More)
Pastor Brandon used Paul’s incite to remind us that, as believers, we are God’s divine temple. As the indwelled people of God we are to be mindful of our call to honor the name of our heavenly Father by living lives that indicate our joyful allegiance to him. We should never forget WHO…(Read More)
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Last week Pastor Brandon reminded us that while divine wisdom is deemed foolish by humanity, it is in fact the greatest display of wisdom from the greatest conceivable mind. In fact, the apparent foolishness of divine actions is due to the limitations and fallenness of humanity. We deem it folly because it makes no sense…(Read More)
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Last week Pastor Brandon encouraged us to “Embrace the ‘foolishness’ of the Gospel.” This week he reminds us that it is only foolish from the perspective of humanity. We do not have the perfect knowledge and wisdom of God. We deem God’s actions foolish because we do not have the whole story; he does…(Read More)
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Pastor Salt takes a closer look at the “mission” to which we are all called. That mission is to tell other people the “Good News” or as we say at The Embassy “To Make God Famous”! He looks at four qualifications Christ gave us for being a disciple and shares how we…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon reminds us that Christ, in his humanity, was able to defeat the Devil and his temptations. He was able to do so as a surrendered, Spirit-led, man. This is good news in that we are all capable of being surrendered, Spirit-led, human beings…(Read More)
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