Join us Sunday, October 30th, at 4046 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., at 5:30 pm. Cole Brown will be continuing our series Third Person: Experiencing the Holy Spirit As Worship Leader and preaching from selected passages. We would love for you to join us for a night of worship and fellowship together.
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Third Person: Experiencing the Holy Spirit As Creator & Re-Creator
August 25th, 2011 | Posted in events |Join us on Sunday, September 18th, at 4046 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., at 5:30 pm. Cole Brown will be continuing our series Third Person: Experiencing the Holy Spirit As Creator & Re- Creator and preaching from Genesis 1, John 3:1-8, 1 Corinthians 6:7-11, Titus 3:4-7, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Romans 8:15-17. We would love for you to join us for a night of worship and fellowship together.
Stories Behind the Songs: God of Wrath
July 7th, 2011 | Posted in articles |On June 17th, 2011 Emmaus released our first CD of original songs titled, Church Songs. Each of these 8 songs was born in our congregation and for our congregation with a desire to serve other Christians and congregations around the world. You can download a free sampler at this link. Pastor Cole Brown co-wrote each of the songs and the following is the story behind one of them.
God of Wrath
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. That was certainly true with the song “God of Wrath.” I was preparing to begin a sermon series on the book of Judge and was excited for our community to hear from God through this book and encounter the ever-relevant themes found within it. The most common themes in the book are the tendency of God’s people toward idolatry, God’s righteous judgment on such idolatry, and God’s faithfulness to mercifully provide deliverance from the ultimate judgment his people to deserve.
Stories Behind the Songs: Creator Sustainer Redeemer
June 27th, 2011 | Posted in articles |On June 17th, 2011 Emmaus released our first CD of original songs titled, Church Songs. Each of these 8 songs was born in our congregation and for our congregation with a desire to serve other Christians and congregations around the world. You can download a free sampler at this link. Pastor Cole Brown co-wrote each of the songs and the following is the story behind one of them.
Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer
I hesitate to say that I have a “favorite” Bible passage. But if you forced me to pick one I would pick Colossians 1:15-20. In this passage we find what has been called a “Christ hymn” wherein the Apostle Paul rehearses essential truths about Jesus in a rhythmic fashion that would be easy for his audience to memorize and repeat as those around them were trying to diminish Jesus’ glory. I don’t know how anyone could read this passage and not be mesmerized by the Jesus revealed in it. It reads like this,
Stories Behind the Songs: No One Else
June 27th, 2011 | Posted in articles |On June 17th, 2011 Emmaus released our first CD of original songs titled, Church Songs. Each of these 8 songs was born in our congregation and for our congregation with a desire to serve other Christians and congregations around the world. You can download free sampler at this link. Pastor Cole Brown co-wrote each of the songs and the following is the story behind one of them.
No One Else
Psalm 73 is one of my favorite psalms. It’s one that we as a church have turned to time and time again. In this psalm the author, Asaph, begins by expressing his frustration over the state of the world. He is troubled that God’s people seem to suffer terribly while wicked people seem to prosper endlessly. In view of this apparent injustice Asaph initially thinks that perhaps he has lived righteously in vain. After all, if righteous people suffer and wicked people prosper what’s the point of living righteously? But before he can utter the words he stops himself and reminds himself who God is, what God will ultimately do to the wicked, and how God is present with his people in their suffering. As he reflects on these things he remembers that while the wicked may have money in this life he has God now and forever, and nothing could be more wonderful than that. He puts it this way, “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you” (Psalm 73:25).