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 …
Wearing crash helmets to worship?
Here's a quotation about worship from writer Annie Dillard that always strikes me as true. I had hoped to weave it into my message this past weekend but did not find the appropriate spot for it. On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have …
Worshipping (Study Questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Worshipping." Discussion Questions: 1. When is a time that you have felt totally in awe – maybe a scene of nature, a personal experience, or something else? Describe it. 2. We are continuing our look at Acts 2:42-47 …
Worshipping
We continued our series "Living Church" this weekend at Eastbrook Church by exploring worship. I built the message around the sentence, "God deserves our worship," giving attention to each word as part of our look at being a church alive in God. You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You …
Prayer and Unity
Jesus' prayer in John 17 speaks to many things, but a resounding theme is the unity of God's people: "protect them by the power of Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as we are one" (17:11) "My prayer is not that You take them out of the world …
Matthew Erickson 