As I prepare my messages each week this Fall in our series, The Real Jesus, I utilize a number of resources alongside of my direct study of the Bible. Some are basic and others are academic. While I often turn to specific books or articles for each week's text or topic, here are five resources that I regularly …
Seeking (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend, "Seeking," from Mark 2:13-17; 3:13-19; and 6:7-13. Discussion Questions: When have you experienced God seeking after you? What did that look like in your life? What happened? Take some time to read through the texts we will be studying today: Mark 2:13-17; 3:13-19; and 6:7-13. If …
Seeking
This weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our series, "The Real Jesus," with a message on how Jesus reveals God's wholehearted pursuit of people. The texts that I used were Mark 2:13-17; 3:13-19; and 6:7-13. The main point of my message is that God wholeheartedly pursues people and invites us into that pursuing mission. You can listen to …
Saturday Prayer 43
Have mercy on me, O God; according to Your unfailing love; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. (Psalm 51:1) Search through my soul, O God. Reveal my hidden sin. Cut through my self-deception, And cleanse me from within. Apart from You our souls are lost. We're blind to our wrong ways. We …
Saturday Prayer 42
Dear Father, Here I am again in this place to meet with You. There are always so many thoughts on my mind about how I should spend my time here. In all of those things, which I do want to talk with You about, I simply say that I'd like to draw near to You …
Matthew Erickson 