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A. W. Tozer's book, Knowledge of the Holy, is a favorite of mine. One of my college roommates was highly influenced by another of his books, The Pursuit of God. The rest of Tozer's work is, in my opinion, a bit hit and miss, but I came across this treasure from him on the neglect of the …
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This past weekend, I concluded a preaching series at Eastbrook Church called "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." Through the series, I shared quotations on prayer throughout the series, and several people asked if I could share them. There were a few that I had in my notes that I never mentioned, so …
As I continue reading through John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion this summer, here is Calvin reflecting on the significance of the Lord's Supper for our encouragement as believers. Notice Calvin's powerful series of contrasts at the end of this quotation. Godly souls can gather great assurance and delight from this Sacrament; in it they have …
I preached this past weekend at Eastbrook about "Prayer as Living within the Power and Love of God" from Ephesians 3:14-20. Thinking about the love of God is something I never tire of. Although it didn't make it into the sermon, I was reminded of this quotation from from C. S. Lewis in The Four Loves: …
Here is the resource bibliography to accompany the recent preaching series, "Ephesians: A Crash Course in Basic Christianity." Although I utilized many books or resources for specific messages within this series, I did not include all of those in this bibliography. Instead, I limited it to books our preaching team utilized throughout the series. …
Matthew Erickson 