Summary: As The Embassy Church celebrates our 2nd birthday, Pastor Brandon takes time to look back and celebrate what God has done in and through us as a church. He also reminds us that toddlers walk. As a two year old church it is time for the city to experience the blessing of our existence…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon reminds us that the message of the Gospel is unchanging, but our audience is ever changing. An intentional missional knows to contextualize the message according to his/her audience. This is only possible if we become students of the community. Paul the apostle carefully used the Bible when speaking to the Bereans, but…(Read More)
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Pastor Derrick completes our examination of the book of Jonah. He challenges us to view “others” in the same way that God views them. The amazing grace that we have received from God should not be hoarded by us, but shared with “others” – even those who we feel are undeserving of God’s mercy…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon reminds us that we have been called, commissioned, and equipped by the Holy Spirit to go and make disciples. All believers have been sent on a mission by God to make an impact in our cities, states, and the entire world. The message we take on this mission is not simply to be…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon reminds us that we have been called to live as missionaries and make God famous throughout the world. And the God who has called us has given us “Authority” and “Power.” As believers we have been deputized by Christ; we have the badge of authority. But that is not all…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon (while battling an irksome cold) was the guest speaker at Hope Fellowship Church (Centennial, CO) on the Sunday before “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.” He took the opportunity to address the power of the Gospel and its role in racial reconciliation. If the death of Christ brings us to…(Read More)
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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)
About fifteen years ago a came across a sermon by Dr. John Piper entitled, “Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain.” Obviously the title was an attention getter so I set time aside and listened to it. I had no idea how much it would influence my life. It not…(Read More)
In the past two weeks I have received two speaking invitations that came with the obligatory pre-conference interview. The two conversations had something in common that I can’t help but address. Both organizations had visited our website (www.theembassy.org), took note of our vocabulary, and asked me to define…(Read More)
