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This past weekend in my message, "New Life," which launched our new series "Exiles: A Study of 1 Peter," I mentioned the work of Walter Brueggemann on how we respond to the situation of exile. While I did my best to summarize what he wrote, I'm posting his full outline of the three responses to …
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This past weekend during my sermon, I mentioned a quotation from Martin Luther on vocation. In this passage, Luther comments on 1 Peter 2:9, which says, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness …
As I was reading St. Augustine's Confessions this morning, I stumbled into this prayer at the end of Book 4, Part 16. The words were striking, powerful, and tender, so I thought I'd share them : O Lord our God, let the shelter of your wings give us hope. Protect us and uphold us. You will be the …
Reading St. Augustine's Confessions recently, I was moved by a number of passages. Here is one from early on (Book 1, Part 4) that had never really stood out to me as it did during this reading: What, then, is the God I worship? He can be none but the Lord God himself, for who but the …
A friend and colleague in ministry, Francis Omondi, shared this post recently in response to the tensions in northeastern Kenya over the last few weeks. Francis powerfully brings together the longing of Advent with the challenges of terror attacks. It is well worth the read.
Matthew Erickson 