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Jon Brown

Jon Brown

Jonathon Brown is the lead pastor of Pillar Church in Holland, MI. Jon loves preaching (recently publishing a book on the matter—“Missional Preaching with a Missionary Congregation: the Word in Worship for the World”) and loves walking with people through all of life’s circumstances. He loves to invite people to follow Jesus in community on mission. Jon and his beloved wife, Kristyn, are the proud parents of four daughters.
Devotionals

Only Christ

Read: Romans 8:31-35 Who is to condemn? (v. 34) One of the great challenges of the Christian faith is to affirm the reality of a judgment while keeping ourselves from the

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Condemnation

Read: Romans 8:1-8 By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh. (v. 3) The word “condemnation” appears three times

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No Condemnation

Read: Romans 8:1-8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (v. 1) Romans 8 is wallpapered in gospel promises. They begin where the assurance of

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In Christ

Read: Romans 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. . . . [Nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ

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All We Need to Know

Read: John 20:30-31; Romans 11:33-36 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you

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So I Send You

Read: John 20:21; Matthew 28:16-20 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” (John 20:21 NRSV) Matthew’s Gospel is

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The Eighth Day

Read: John 20:26; 2 Corinthians 5 Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” (John 20:26 NRSV) There is a theological tradition in the church that

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The Lord’s Day

Read: John 20:19-23; Revelation 1:10 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were

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The Power to Forgive

Read: John 20:1-10; Matthew 6:14-15 So she ran and went to Simon Peter. (John 20:2 NRSV) This is the first time Peter’s name shows up in the Gospel of John

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