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We want to be a resource for you in your commitment to the way of Jesus. There is no doubt that this page will evolve over time as we grow and are able to really stretch our legs as a community. Below you will find some resources that we highly recommend.
Deeper Dive
If you missed Sunday’s message, you can get caught up here. Take advantage of the Deeper Dive questions down below. Make an effort to process what we talked about on Sunday with someone else in order to keep the conversation going.
Want to see Deeper Dive questions from prior sermons? They are all logged on our app. To download it text emmauschurchapp to 833-722-7273.
To get back to our faith, we can take simple steps like reading the Bible, praying, or coming to church. The simplest step toward God can be all you need. He will meet you in your pain and help you take the next steps.
What is the next step you need to take to be closer to god?
THIS WEEKS DEEPER DIVE
Devotional Live
A lot can happen in 24hrs. Good, bad, and everything in-between. In light of that, we have found that it is absolutely essential to have a regular time to come back to center, to catch our breath, to direct our attention to God and reorient ourselves around what matters most. It goes by a lot of names-quiet time, daily devotional, centering…call it what you want, just know it matters. Here are a few wonderful resources that can bring some order to your “whatever you call it.”
Lectio 365
A daily devotional from 24-7 prayer.
Bible Recap
The Bible Kneecap
Common Prayer
A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
The Bookstore
The word Christian only shows up three times in the Bible and it wasn’t first used as a compliment. The first followers of Jesus didn’t call themselves Christian. They called themselves something else that shows up nearly 300 times in the scriptures. The word is disciple. Disciple means student or apprentice. A disciple is first and foremost a learner-one who stays curious. Below you will find some recommended reading for our current series and for each of our Common Practices, which you can learn more about here.
Sermon Series
Big Picture: A Slow Walk Through the Sermon on the Mount
The Devine Conspiracy
Dallas Willard
Matthew For Everyone, Part 1
N.T. Wright
Jesus’ Plan for a New World
Richard Rohr
The Sermon on the Mount
Amy-Jill Levine
Reading By Practice and Topic
Open-Handed Conviction · 8 books
Searching for Sunday · Rachel Held Evans
Simply Christian · N.T. Wright
The Sin of Certainty · Peter Enns
How the Bible Actually Works · Peter Enns
Jesus: A Pilgrimage · James Martin, SJ
Mere Christianity · C.S. Lewis
What We Talk About When We Talk About God · Rob Bell
Letters from a Skeptic · Greg Boyd
Wholehearted Living · 10 books
Celebration of Discipline · Richard Foster
The Spirit of the Disciplines · Dallas Willard
Invitation to Solitude and Silence · Ruth Haley Barton
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry · John Mark Comer
The Road Back to You · Ian Cron and Suzanne Stabile
The Path Between Us · Suzanne Stabile
Daring Greatly · Brené Brown
Let Your Life Speak · Parker Palmer
Life Together · Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Boundaries · Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Wide-Eyed Participation · 8 books
Red Letter Christianity · Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo
Jesus Wants to Save Christians · Rob Bell
How to Be Here · Rob Bell
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years · Donald Miller
Half the Sky · Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof
Untamed · Alan Hirsch
Interrupted · Jen Hatmaker
Change the World · Mike Slaughter
Racism and Equality · 4 books
Be the Bridge · Latasha Morrison
I’m Still Here · Austin Channing Brown
The Color of Compromise · Jemar Tisby
Just Mercy · Bryan Stevenson
Politics and Nationalism · 2 books
Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk · Eugene Cho
The Myth of a Christian Nation · Greg Boyd
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