I would love to hear from you about how God is speaking to you each day as you read the Bible. Whether you are part of the group of people reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011 with me or not, please feel free to write something here. Simply drop a note …
How is God Speaking to You? (week 32)
I would love to hear from you about how God is speaking to you each day as you read the Bible. Whether you are part of the group of people reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011 with me or not, please feel free to write something here. Simply drop a note …
Work and the Sluggard (Study Questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Work and the Sluggard." Discussion Questions: What was the time when you worked the hardest in your life? What was the situation and circumstances that brought that about? Proverbs is filled with words about work and sloth. Two …
Work and the Sluggard
This weekend at Eastbrook I concluded our series on Proverbs entitled “Words to Live By” with a message entitled "Work and the Sluggard." Throughout this series, we have been tracing themes through Proverbs and, believe it or not, sloth and laziness is a major theme of this book. It is caricatured in a person called …
Like Father, Like Son? (part 2)
How different is the story of Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz. He is described as one who “did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done” (2 Chronicles 29:2). Not only this, but he inspired the people to return to God and they "smashed the sacred stones …
Matthew Erickson 