During this past year, I read through Alan Jacobs' book Original Sin: A Cultural History. Jacobs was a professor of mine at Wheaton College and is an astute cultural commentator and author. In the midst of Jacobs' comparison of the original innocence of Adam and Eve with our own original sinfulness, he makes an interesting …
What Does It Mean to Be a Disciple of Jesus?
Okay, I have a question for all of you out there to ponder and give me your best responses on: What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? I'm ready to learn from you, so knock it out of the park.
How is God Speaking to You? (week 9)
Many folks I know have been joining me in reading through the Bible together in 2011. Each week, I drop a post here on my blog so that we can hear from one another about how God is speaking to us through our daily reading and reflection on Scripture. The byproduct is that we have …
The ‘If’ of Temptation
The devil said to him, 'If . . .' (Luke 4:3) The serpent said to the woman, 'Did God really say?' (Genesis 3:1) The accuser brings questions of truth. In the time of temptation, the beginning point is a questioning of what we would otherwise know to be true: Is it really that big of …
I AM…the Bread of Life
This weekend at Eastbrook we kicked off a new series entitled "I AM," which focuses on Jesus' seven I am statements in John's Gospel. I started this series by looking at Jesus' declaration, "I am the Bread of Life," from John 6:25-71. You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You …
Matthew Erickson 