Glenn Packiam

Pastor//Author//Speaker//Practical Theologian//Songwriter

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    Book Club on "Morality" by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
    Glenn Packiam
    • Mar 14
    • 4 min

    Book Club on "Morality" by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

    Last week, a dear friend who is an avid reader and one of the most thoughtful Christians I know, sent me a copy of a book he had just...
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    An Unexpected Journey: Disruption and Invitation
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 5 min

    An Unexpected Journey: Disruption and Invitation

    Can I share a personal story with you? In late July-- the day after"Worship and the World to Come"released-- I went in to see a local ENT...
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    What I Read In 2019 (And Why)
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 23, 2019
    • 5 min

    What I Read In 2019 (And Why)

    2019 was a good year for reading. I managed to read about 30 books this year, which may be a personal high, but there were several...
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    ‘How to Think’: A Summary
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 19, 2018
    • 6 min

    ‘How to Think’: A Summary

    The goal of the book is to help us learn to interrogate our instincts and intuitions by examining the social, emotional, linguistic, and...
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    Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017
    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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    Building the Currency of Trust, Pt. 2
    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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    The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 25, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown

    Every once awhile, I am asked what our liturgy is at New Life Downtown. Our service flow (in general) can be found HERE. But the most...
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    Proclaiming our Faith in Worship: How the Creed Tethers Us to Our Story
    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
    • Sep 27, 2010
    • 1 min

    Overview of Ephesians in 15 Minutes by N. T. Wright

    For those already familiar with theologian N. T. Wright, this talk will seem a bit elementary– and much shorter!– than his normal...
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    What Makes A Worship Song Uniquely Christian?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jun 1, 2010
    • 3 min

    What Makes A Worship Song Uniquely Christian?

    [EDITOR’S NOTE: A few posts ago, I started the conversation about what our worship songs communicate about God and why that matters....
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    Glenn Packiam
    • May 13, 2010
    • 4 min

    Those Whose Best Life Isn’t Now

    To mourn is to protest. It is to say that this should not be. We mourn when we lose a friend in a car accident. We mourn when we lose a...
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    Glenn Packiam
    • Apr 9, 2010
    • 1 min

    N. T. Wright: “God, the Tsunami, and 9/11: The New Problem of Evil”

    What does our culture think of evil? Why do we pretend it doesn't exist until it hits us in the face? And what has God done about it? Is...
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    Science, Miracles, and God
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 25, 2010
    • 4 min

    Science, Miracles, and God

    It is largely assumed that miracles are inherently unscientific. But let’s examine the premise for this belief. Science, it is said,...
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    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 4, 2010
    • 4 min

    Toward a Better Theology of Healing, Pt. 2

    [EDITOR’S NOTE: Read the previous post, “Toward a Better Theology of Healing, Pt. 1”, for introductory remarks and points 1-3.] 4. The...
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    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 4, 2010
    • 4 min

    Toward a Better Theology of Healing, Pt. 1

    Labels can be useful, but they can often be misleading. So telling you that I am a Charismatic may not be helpful—to you or to...
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    Are Worship Pastors Becoming Extinct?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 14, 2009
    • 2 min

    Are Worship Pastors Becoming Extinct?

    But it seems that some churches aren't looking for that. They would prefer a musician who can lead the "singing", oversee the tech team,...
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    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 22, 2009
    • 5 min

    How Mercy Triumphed Over Judgment

    [EDITOR'S NOTE: As a follow-up to my last post, here is a slightly adapted excerpt from Chapter 8 of "Secondhand Jesus". If you like, you...
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    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 17, 2009
    • 5 min

    Is God Angry?

    The long-standing view of God is that He is an angry school master, ready to bring the full weight of His wrath upon us at the slightest...
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