Justin Gottlieb

New Year’s Day Worship Plans

by Justin Gottlieb December 26, 2011

This Sunday, January 1, all of Seven Mile Road will gather at 11am for Lord’s Day worship at our Melrose location. We’ll be singing, praying, feasting at the Lord’s Table, and hearing Pastor Joie Thomson cast vision for Seven Mile Road’s next church plant. Click here for details.

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Best, But Hardest, Part of My Day

by Justin Gottlieb December 21, 2011

Perhaps the best part of my day is the time just before Naomi goes to bed. Myrriah, Naomi, and I gather in the living room of our apartment, sit on the couch, and spend the next 10-15 minutes praying to the Triune God and reading from The Big Picture Story Bible (sometimes I’ll bust out [...]

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Christmas Day Worship

by Justin Gottlieb December 20, 2011

This week’s Lord’s Day Worship service, which lands on Christmas Day, will take place at our Melrose location at 11am. Both Malden and Melrose will gather for the preached Word, prayer, sacrament, and song response. We hope you’ll join us as we gather to celebrate the coming of Jesus to deliver his people from Satan, [...]

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Multiplying Bands

by Justin Gottlieb November 8, 2011

For the last year, we’ve been working hard towards multiplying bands at Seven Mile Road. This was a risky plan in some ways. After all, music has always been a strong spot at Seven Mile Road. And you don’t want to mess with something that’s not broken, right? Right … unless there’s alot to be [...]

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The People Rejoiced…

by Justin Gottlieb October 11, 2011

“The people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord.” (1 Chronicles 29.9) As he neared the end of his life, King David was committed to setting his son up to succeed in his calling to lead God’s people. David knew Solomon was young and [...]

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Praying the Word: 2 Thessalonians 1.11-12

by Justin Gottlieb August 20, 2011

Two Sundays ago, as Pastor Matt Moran preached from Ephesians 1 on The Word of God and the Praying Life, there was profit for my soul as we saw what one of Paul’s prayers looked like. Benefit from that sermon continued Thursday morning as my eyes slowed when I approached the end of the first [...]

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Concluding Thoughts and Prayer: At the Table

by Justin Gottlieb July 28, 2011

Jesus’ Table is a great gift to his people, filled with significant symbolism, hope, and joy. I hope it is now evident why this is the high point of our worship. At the Table the gospel is proclaimed, Jesus is worshipped, and his people are given joy. Sober examination of our hearts and the ugliness [...]

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Jesus’ People: Welcome to Jesus’ Table

by Justin Gottlieb July 27, 2011

This post is part of a series on the Lord’s Supper. You can see the other posts from the series, as well as others on the sacraments, by clicking here. All that has been written so far has been leading to this, but let us now write it clearly: Jesus’ Table is for Jesus’ People. [...]

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At the Table: We Identify Ourselves as Belonging to Christ

by Justin Gottlieb July 26, 2011

This post is part of a series on the Lord’s Supper. You can see the other posts from the series, as well as others on the sacraments, by clicking here. So far, I have mentioned several actions taking place when we feast at Jesus’ Table: renewal of covenant with Christ proclamation of his death until [...]

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At The Table: Getting a Taste of What Awaits Us

by Justin Gottlieb July 21, 2011

This post is part of a series on the Lord’s Supper. You can see the other posts from the series, as well as others on the sacraments, by clicking here. As we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we most often look back to the Cross of Christ. We ought to think deeply about the death of [...]

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