This past Sunday, Sept 27th, I concluded our three-week series "3C" at Brooklife Church. "3C" is a phrase that we are using to describe the direction we want to be moving as a church and as individuals with God: Celebrate, Connect, and Contribute. We believe these are three key experiences that give you the optimal …
Live Freely
I spoke yesterday at Brooklife in our series on the life of David (Live Out Loud) on how we are to "Live Freely."Leaping off from the story of David fleeing Saul's house to hide in a cave (1 Samuel 22:1-2; also see 1 Samuel 24:1-4), I walked through Psalm 142.The main idea of the sermon …
Live Skillfully
This past Sunday, I preached a message at Brooklife entitled "Live Skillfully." Our series, called Live Out Loud, is walking through the life of David in order to get a grasp on what it means to be men and women living completely for God. You can listen to this message and others online here.My main …
Relate
We began a new series at Brooklife this past Sunday entitled "Relate." Jason kicked off the series with a really insightful message "Relate ... to the next generation." The message was simultaneously about parenting, grandparenting, uncle-ing, aunt-ing, or simply pouring into the lives of young people around us. It's really worth taking a listen to, …
Contentment: some sermon resources
I'm preparing my sermon for this weekend at Brooklife, and came upon a host of wonderful quotations that impacted me. Here are a couple that I thought I'd pass along:Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really …
Matthew Erickson 