{"id":8474,"date":"2019-11-23T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?page_id=8474"},"modified":"2026-07-24T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:34:36","slug":"jonathanminter-dev-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"A collection of sermons, daily devotions, and blog posts from Pastor Gary Combs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ebcae0b1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:2rem\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-d4957108 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"gc-eyebrow\">Wilson, North Carolina<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Sermons, daily devotions &amp; writing from Pastor Gary Combs<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-muted-color has-text-color has-fraunces-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:italic\">Gary Combs is the Founding and Senior Pastor of <a href=\"https:\/\/eastgate.church\">Eastgate Church<\/a> in Wilson and Rocky Mount, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-53366f66 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:1rem\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\/getting-started-with-the-one-year-bible\" style=\"padding-top:0.5rem;padding-right:1.1rem;padding-bottom:0.5rem;padding-left:1.1rem\">Getting Started with the One Year Bible<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"gc-quiet-link\" href=\"\/blog\/about\">About Gary \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gc-portrait\"><a href=\"\/blog\/about\" aria-label=\"About Pastor Gary Combs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Profile-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Gary Combs\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/\" style=\"margin-top:2.5rem;\" class=\"wp-block-search__button-outside wp-block-search__text-button alignwide gc-hero-search wp-block-search\"    ><label class=\"wp-block-search__label screen-reader-text\" for=\"wp-block-search__input-2\" >Search<\/label><div class=\"wp-block-search__inside-wrapper\" ><input 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gc-eyebrow-accent\">Latest Sermon<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14396 message type-message status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-gods-word tag-screentime series-connected scripture-book-2-timothy scripture-chapter-1336 speaker-gary-combs\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/message\/from-the-feed-to-the-word\" target=\"_self\" >From the Feed to the Word<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"gc-scripture-ref\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Timothy+3%3A14%E2%80%9317&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Timothy 3:14\u201317<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group gc-meta is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-14e2993a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-24T12:11:46-04:00\">July 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-series wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\"> \u00b7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/series\/connected\" rel=\"tag\">CONNECTED: Finding Real Community in a Digital World<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column gc-card is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1.5rem;padding-right:1.5rem;padding-bottom:1.5rem;padding-left:1.5rem\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"gc-eyebrow gc-eyebrow-accent\">From the Blog<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14355 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-discipleship category-religion category-worship tag-community tag-discipleship tag-family tag-fellowship tag-parenting tag-screentime tag-smart-phones tag-teens tag-worship\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/connected-finding-real-community-in-a-digital-world.html\" target=\"_self\" >CONNECTED: Finding Real Community in a Digital World<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-14T15:41:19-04:00\">July 14, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\" style=\"border-radius:6px;margin-top:3rem;min-height:400px;aspect-ratio:unset;\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-contrast-background-color has-background-dim-50 has-background-dim\"><\/span>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" alt=\"Pastor Gary Combs preaching\" src=\"https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Website-header.jpg\" style=\"object-position:0% 0%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"0% 0%\"\/>\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group gc-cover-panel is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-215ed0c7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"gc-eyebrow\">Twenty-plus years of teaching<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\">Browse the whole library \u2014 by scripture, topic, series, or day<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" 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