The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading. Lamentations 2:14 As the author of Lamentations weeps over the desolation of Jerusalem and the people of God, as he says again and again that God's …
Is Television a Drug?
Tim Stevens posted this video last week. He pointedly asked whether this better describes today's digital media (e.g., internet, social media, smart phones). Does television control you? Does digital or social media control you? What do you think?
The Trust I Need
This past Sunday was an interesting one at Brooklife. I preached an unplanned message out of Proverbs called "The Trust I Need." Speaking from my own life experience with God, I shared two lessons about life with God that I have learned from Proverbs: Proverbs 1:7: "Fear of the Lord" means having a big picture …
Five from Jonathan Edwards
I recently finished reading George Marsden's biography of Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards: A Life. Edwards is one of the premier thinkers of early colonial America and a pillar of American Calvinism influenced by the English Puritans. For more on Edwards, you can read a biography here. For Edwards' influence on a contemporary pastor, read John …
Sunday’s Coming…?
Last week, Shelley Elmblad shared the following video with me. It's a satirical video by Andy Stanley’s, North Point Church Media Team, about the methods we used for Sunday morning worship at churches. They created this video for their recent Drive Conference. The video is both hilarious and convicting as it shines a spotlight on …
Matthew Erickson 