There are some people who mock the idea of a personal God, or a ‘Personal Jesus.’ There are some reasons why this is completely understandable. Particularly when we hear people say things like: "Jesus is my buddy" "Jesus is my homeboy" "Jesus is like my boyfriend" Such statements convey the idea that God is in …
A Deeper Thirst (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message from this past weekend “A Deeper Thirst” on John 4:1-42 at Eastbrook Church. Discussion Questions: 1. One theme in the “Conversations” series we are in right now at Eastbrook is that Jesus is personal and relational. Throughout John’s Gospel, He talks to everyday people like you …
A Deeper Thirst
Today at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series, "Conversations," from John's Gospel with a message entitled “A Deeper Thirst” from John 4:1-42. You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also subscribe to the Eastbrook podcast here or follow Eastbrook Church on Twitter. The message followed this outline: Jesus …
How Is God Speaking to You? (week 2)
A number of us are reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011. Every week, I will simply be leaving a small post where you all can leave responses of how God has been speaking to you through reading the Scriptures each day. This gives us the unique opportunity to keep a record …
10 Practices of a Missional Jesus (via Root 48)
My friend, Brian Hofmeister, recently posted this list of Jesus' missional practices on his blog, Root 48. He drew the list from Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer's book, Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations. With all the talk of what it means to be missional, I found Brian's list from the book to …
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Matthew Erickson 