PASTOR:
Steve Estes has been senior pastor at Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, Pennsylvania, for over thirty-five years.
“If you ever really grasp what a church is all about, what Jesus had in mind when he founded it, what his plan for whatever church you’re in and you in it is, you would not be able to stretch your arms far enough for the greatness of it.”
Featured Sermon Series:
THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES OF CHURCH
Nothing will ever stop Jesus Christ’s church and you as a part of it. The very word “church” disallows the idea of a lone Christian. The New Testament church stands on the shoulders of the Old Testament church, and draws and principles from it. Christ himself, not humans - established his church.
Jesus alone decides how his church will function, and in building his church, Jesus uses human leaders.
SPEAKER:
Steve Estes has done many speaking engagements over the years at several conferences including Perryville, Faithful Shepherd Pastors, CCEF National, Christ Covenant PCA Missions, Harvey Cedars, and the Life Institute Pastors Event.
He has also spoken at Columbia University and recently gave a charge to graduates for the 94th Annual Commencement at Westminster Theological Society on May 24, 2023.
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AUTHOR:
Steve’s books and other writings began with his longtime friendship with Joni Eareckson Tada. As teenagers, they grappled with why God allowed Joni’s paralysis in a swimming accident in the Chesapeake Bay. Steve left for college . . . they kept in touch . . . she liked the style of his letters. When her 1976 autobiography Joni spawned thousands of reader responses, she asked Steve to join her in crafting a follow-up. The result was A Step Further in 1978.
FEATURED BOOK:
WHEN GOD WEEPS (WITH JONI EARECKSON TADA)
If God is loving, why is there suffering?
What’s the difference between permitting something and ordaining it?
When bad things happen, who’s behind them — God or the devil?
When suffering touches our lives, questions like these suddenly demand an answer. From our perspective, suffering doesn’t make sense, especially when we believe in a loving and just God.
After more than thirty years in a wheelchair, Joni Eareckson Tada’s intimate experience with suffering gives her a special understanding of God’s intentions for us in our pain. In When God Weeps, she and lifelong friend Steven Estes probe beyond glib answers that fail us in our time of deepest need. Instead, with firmness and compassion, they reveal a God big enough to understand our suffering, wise enough to allow it — and powerful enough to use it for a greater good than we can ever imagine.
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