What is preaching?

Today at the Brook Dialogue called “Spirit and Truth” I’ll be sharing some thoughts on preaching, and taking in a lot from the pastors and worship leaders gathered at Elmbrook, from special speaker Scot McKnight and our worship staff, and then, later in the evening, a special presentation by Professor James Davison Hunter. It should […]

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Oprah and TV Spirituality

By Stuart Briscoe (“Oprah! You May Not Know Her As Well As You Think”) Atlantic Monthly, in a recent article, asked today’s 20-something’s questions about the Ten Commandments. On average they didn’t know more than two of them, but they didn’t like “Honor Thy Father and Mother” or “Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it

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Muhammad and Jesus – Part 2

This series of articles describes the basic tenets of Islam, and then will compare it to Christianity. Muslims believe that one day Muhammad was visited by an angel who commanded him, “Proclaim!” Muhammad told the angel that he was not a proclaimer and hurried home, believing that he was either called to be a prophet

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Muhammad and Jesus – Part 1

This begins a series of articles describing the basic tenets of Islam, and then comparing it to Christianity. Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and heard around the world on his daily radio broadcast BreakPoint, relates the following anecdote: A group of women gathered at the Old Country buffet of Boston at the shopping mall.

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Crisis changes people

If you asked a wide variety of believers what was the most spiritually formative influence in their lives, what do you think they would say? One study done on this issue revealed an amazingly consensus. The most frequent answer was not “my mother,” or “my home church,” or “Pastor so-and-so.” For some reason the most

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“Spirit and Truth”

The first event sponsored by The Brook Network happens next week Tuesday here at Elmbrook Church. It is a one-day conference for pastors and/or worship leaders on the topic of “Spirit and Truth: Preaching and Creativity in Worship Today.” Dr. Scot McKnight from North Park University, author of Jesus Creed

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Longest Day

Today is the summer solstice. It marks the start of summer for some; for others, it is the highpoint of neo-pagan celebration. Worship of the sun has an ancient history (Stonehenge this morning). Think about it. If a person does not believe in an all-powerful, transcendent God, then one of the likely alternatives for people

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For Fathers’ Day, check out the initiative called The Mentoring Project which author Donald Miller founded. Don grew up in a fatherless home, and this organization is doing constructive things to deal with the problem of fatherlessness in our country. Pastor Mark Buchanan has an excellent article: Thy Kingdom Come, Why repentance is always good news. An

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