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"He pressed them, 'And how about you? Who do you say I am?'" (Matthew 16:15) Savior. Messiah. Son of the Living God.More than a book or words upon a page,You are the Word—creating, sustaining, and naming. Transcendent One, ineffable in glory, wrapped in lightand shrouded in clouds, upon whom we cannot look.yet also Immanent One, …
Continue reading "Say Who He Is: a prayer reflection on the names of Jesus"
Open Doors released the World Watch List 2022, a resource developed "to track and measure the extent of persecution in the world." Open Doors has been tracking religious persecution of Christians since the 1970s and their approach to the work is well-informed and reliable. Religious persecution affects many religious groups and not just Christians. Still, there has …
An article I wrote during the past year was published this week at Preaching Today. It draws from one of my favorite novels of all time, Cormac McCarthy's The Road. If you know McCarthy's writing, you may know it is very rough around the edges. While The Road is also rough around the edges there …
Continue reading "Metaphors for Ministry: Hitting ‘The Road’ with Cormac McCarthy"
This past weekend as part of our new preaching series with other churches entitled "United," I had the privilege of preaching at Northbrook Church. This first week of the series I expanded upon the statement that the church is a people called by God that is sent on mission. I explored two key truths, that …
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our four-part series, "United," which explores the essence of what it means to be the church. For this four-part series we are partnering with other churches in the "Brook" family of churches, and thus …
Matthew Erickson 