Acts 1
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Pastor Brandon reminds us that God delights in the gathering of his people. It is a sacred moment in which we join believers all over the world and throughout the historic timeline in the sacred act of celebrating God. In light of this, the worship gathering is a joyful moment that should not be abdicated…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon considers the implications of Corinthian believers taking one another to courts of law. He emphasizes the fact that the Apostle Paul has deemed the glory of God as a significant mitigator of such actions. Paul even encourages believers to consider the benefit of simply accepting injustice instead of creating division within…(Read More)
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It is our tendency to individualize our approach to worship. This tendency has undermined our call to function as a body. Paul’s use of “you” was not a reference to the individual; it is a reference to the local church. He presumed the value, need, and power of the local family. To undermine…(Read More)
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Denver Seminary’s Vernon Grounds Institute of Public Ethics has dedicated this academic year to discussing Capital Punishment and its ethical implications. Pastor Brandon has been invited into that conversation and decided that The Embassy Church would benefit from hearing the view that he brings to the conversation. Should the doctrine of the image…(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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