[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] How can we summarize what God means when he tells us he simply is? When Moses asked God what his name was (for there were many alternative names for gods), God’s answer was, “I AM WHO I AM.” This […]
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] Have you found that the longer you live, the more you realize your own finitude? Perhaps you used to think you could accomplish anything, but you’ve grown to realize you can do what God has enabled you to do
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Registration opens soon for the upcoming No Regrets men’s conference with this year’s special speaker, Dr. Tony Evans and great seminar options. You can attend in multiple locations in the greater Milwaukee area at Elmbrook Church, Westbrook Church, New Testament Church, or at other locations throughout the country. It is also not too late to
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] “Influence” is a significant word, packed with rich meaning. The Latin influentia means something that flows
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] Jesus said, “a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his
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Scot McKnight offers excerpts of two different angles on this. One by Richard Mouw, the other by Al Mohler.
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] God is great; God is good; and we thank him for our food. Amen. I must have spoken those simple words hundreds of times at the dinner table when I was a child, but I most certainly did not
[This article is in the practical series Personal Productivity 101. “All hard work brings a profit.” Proverbs 14:23] Some people pride themselves on the sharpness of their memories, others continually embarrass themselves by forgetting appointments, tasks, or people. Life in the modern world isn’t getting simpler. We like all the connections we can make with
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[This article is in the practical series Personal Productivity 101. “All hard work brings a profit.” Proverbs 14:23] For some time now I’ve wanted to write a series on the topic of personal productivity. When I was in my early twenties I realized that when I learned about some method of working smart, of being organized, or
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] Martin Luther was adamant that our knowledge of God must be based on a “theology of the cross.” That is, we know God not by ascending to where he is, but by looking upon he who has come to
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] “The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.” Herodotus, philosopher,
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] The so-called “special revelation” that God gives includes Jesus Christ himself, the Word that was from the beginning and was with God and was God. Jesus put it this way: “If you have seen me you have seen the
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HOW TO BUILD A LIFE-CHANGING MEN’S MINISTRY WORKSHOP OCTOBER 7 & 8, 2011 Friday: 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
A conversation with Mel Lawrenz and Stuart and Jill Briscoe about interesting places, movements, and issues. Thursday, October 6, 6:30-8:30pm, Elmbrook Church Chapel Come for a stimulating conversation about what is happening in interesting parts of the world, and hear Mel’s, Stuart’s, and Jill’s thoughts on the trends we are seeing in the world today. Is the
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