Every week in 2011, I am putting up this post in order to hear from you about how God is speaking to you as you read the Bible. Some others have joined me to read through the Bible in a year together in 2011 but you can respond to this whether you are doing that …
4 Resources on Generosity in our Faith
As I prepared my message this past week entitled "Generous," I utilized a number of resources alongside of the Bible that I found helpful in shaping my thoughts. Here are four that I thought were worth sharing. Generous Justice by Tim Keller - a great take on what it means to be the people of …
Generous (Study Questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Generous." Discussion Questions: 1. Who is the most generous person that you have ever met? Why would you describe them in this way? 2. As we continue our “Living Church” series, we are looking at the topic of …
Generous
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we continued our series "Living Church" by looking at the generosity of the early church in Jerusalem. My message was built around seven characteristics of the generosity seen in the early church in Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:32-37. You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. …
God’s Challenging Call
What happens when God calls you into something difficult? That's the story of the prophet Jeremiah, who is called by many, 'the weeping prophet'. Jeremiah's Calling From his own words, we get the sense that Jeremiah heard God's call at a young age. He voices his anxieties to God right away: "Alas, Sovereign Lord...I do …
Matthew Erickson 