"Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer which breaks the rock in pieces?" (Jeremiah 23:29) burn our hearts, O Lord,with Your pure word.You, who are consuming fire, in whose radiant holiness none can stand,come with refining heatto purify our wayward heartsand with Your pure word,O Lord, burn our hearts. …
The Wheat and the Weeds
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our series, "Stories of the Kingdom: Parables of Jesus," by looking at the parable of the wheat and the weeds in Matthew 13:24-30 and Jesus' explanation of it in Matthew 13:36-43. You can find the message video and outline below. You can also view the entire series here. …
Eastbrook at Home – August 22, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Stories of the Kingdom: Parable of Jesus," as I preach on the parable of the wheat on the weeds from Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. This series continues our extended journey through the Gospel of Matthew, …
Wendell Berry, “The Peace of Wild Things” [Poetry for Ordinary Time]
I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
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The Soils: our hearts in relation to the seed of kingdom of heaven
"As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they …
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Matthew Erickson 