Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait
2020—What a year it’s been, huh? The trouble is, we have not assurance that 2021 will be much better. Yet here we are waiting. Waiting...
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Glenn Packiam
- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
Why We Work for Justice
Why do we care about injustice? Because God’s new creation has begun in us.
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Glenn Packiam
- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
Preaching in the Cultural Moment
How do pastors decide what to say about current events and social issues? As the story goes, both Karl Barth and Billy Graham said...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
When God Groans
What do we do with the pain of the world? We enter in it and groan. That is what the Son of God did. And that is what the Spirit of God...
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Glenn Packiam
- Mar 2, 2020
- 4 min
“Blessed Broken Given”— Chapter Preview Videos and Discussion Questions
Over the past few months, friends have told me that they are reading “Blessed Broken Given” with their small group at church or with a...
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Glenn Packiam
- Dec 31, 2019
- 5 min
The Enlightenment’s Lie About the Basis of Human Rights
It is all the rage to talk about how oppressive Christianity is and has always been. It’s even more troubling to see some Christians...
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Glenn Packiam
- Dec 27, 2017
- 2 min
Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017
I feel like I read a lot of books this year. But it would be more accurate to say that I read parts of a lot of books this year. Graduate...
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Glenn Packiam
- Feb 6, 2017
- 5 min
What Does It Mean to Be a Prophetic Church?
What does it mean to be prophetic? The word is thrown around a lot, but depending on which circles you run in, it means something quite...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jan 31, 2017
- 1 min
“Still”: A 5- Day Devotional
Earlier this year, Integrity Music release a 5-day devotional that I had written to accompany a wonderful new instrumental album called...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jan 19, 2017
- 4 min
Building the Currency of Trust, Pt. 2
This is a follow-up post to the previous one on the ‘Currency of Christian Leadership’. In that post, I made the case that the Old...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jan 18, 2017
- 4 min
The Currency of Christian Leadership
Where do leaders in churches and Christian ministries gain their authority to lead? It is tempting to simply say, ‘From God!’ There is,...
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Glenn Packiam
- Dec 31, 2016
- 5 min
Preparing for a New Year
For the past 6 or 7 years, Holly and I have done a prayer and planning retreat, usually at the end of the calendar year, or sometimes...
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Glenn Packiam
- Nov 10, 2014
- 5 min
The Problem With Our Critique of Modern Worship, Pt. 1
What are the repeated critiques you hear about modern worship? It is so noisy. And why is every bridge a monosyllabic chant? (eg....
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Glenn Packiam
- Oct 20, 2014
- 4 min
Is There a Difference Between Public Statements and Pastoral Exhortation?
[NOTE: This is a follow-up piece to my initial response to the reactions to Hillsong’s decision to decline making a public statement on...
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Glenn Packiam
- Oct 18, 2014
- 4 min
It’s Too Easy To Dismiss Hillsong…and Miss Our Shared Problem
So, Hillsong declined to publicly declare a position on ‘LGBT issues’. And the internet was awash with opinions. Some shook their heads...
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Glenn Packiam
- Nov 1, 2013
- 2 min
On Saints and Celebrities
Today is All Saints’ Day. I used to never think of it that way. It was just the day that Starbucks brings out their red cups. Besides, I,...
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Glenn Packiam
- Apr 30, 2013
- 5 min
Proclaiming our Faith in Worship: How the Creed Tethers Us to Our Story
One of the main reasons we gather as the people of God is to remind ourselves of who God is, what He has done to make us His people, and...
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Glenn Packiam
- Apr 23, 2013
- 4 min
Who Is “Church”? Pt. 2
In Part 1 of this blog series, we said that in order to answer the question of “who the Church is”, we needed to first ask who Jesus is,...
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Glenn Packiam
- Apr 11, 2013
- 4 min
Who Is “Church”? Pt. 1
What is “Church“? Who is Church for? The lost? The disciple? What are Sundays for? Many pastors jump right to the Great Commission and...
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Glenn Packiam
- Oct 31, 2012
- 4 min
Highlights from Luther’s 95 Theses
It’s been almost 500 years since Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church. Yet, there are many...
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