Eastside Church of Christ

09/06/2026

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08/31/2026

The Grit Scale Has No Line for Mordecai

I suspect that most of us know roughly how much of whatever it takes we have in us, and we suspect it is less than the people you admire have. So when something hard arrives, the first thing we do is check the number. Do I have enough in me for this. The answer usually comes back with some form of “I don’t know”, and then we either force it or quit quietly and call it wisdom....

I suspect that most of us know roughly how much of whatever it takes we have in us, and we suspect it is less than the people you admire have. So when something hard arrives, the first thing we do …

08/25/2026

One of the most fundamental human problems is our ability to persuade ourselves that we know better than the others.

One of the most fundamental human problems is our ability to persuade ourselves that we know better than the others. Proverbs says it in a sentence worth saying twice. “There is a way that see…

08/21/2026

We keep asking who started the fire. Solomon asks who is still carrying wood.

“For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.” (Proverbs 26:20, ESV) I suspect all of us have felt this. Something happens. Within a few hours the sa…

08/20/2026

Every answer the crowd gave about Jesus was a compliment.

John the Baptist. Elijah. Jeremiah. Nobody called him a fraud. Nobody called him dangerous. Those were the highest categories they had.

Every one of them was too small.

There is a way to be near Jesus for years without ever answering the question he actually asks. A borrowed answer holds through the easy years. It holds until the diagnosis, or the funeral, or two in the morning when the question comes back with teeth in it.

Matthew 16.13-20 There is a way to be near Jesus for years without ever answering the question he actually asks. You can grow up in the building. You can know the songs by heart and know roughly wh…