The world we live in has changed. The way we do ministry in the church is changing and must change. If you didn't know it yet then you should watch this video, while considering these questions: how is the church (generally or your church specifically) doing at engaging with social media? how are you doing …
The Trust I Need
This past Sunday was an interesting one at Brooklife. I preached an unplanned message out of Proverbs called "The Trust I Need." Speaking from my own life experience with God, I shared two lessons about life with God that I have learned from Proverbs: Proverbs 1:7: "Fear of the Lord" means having a big picture …
The Words I Need
Yesterday at Brooklife I spoke from Proverbs on the topic of words in our series "The Life I Need." My main idea was: we need to speak the truth without deceit from our hearts. I pulled together three different verses from Proverbs in order to get at this main idea: Proverbs 12:19 - “Truthful lips …
Listening to God . . . Free From Guilt (re:listening 4)
This is the last of a series of posts on listening. If we are to listen to God in His way, then we often have to have our feet knocked out from under us. We need to be re-trained by Him into the way of listening. Sometimes this involves confessing sin. There are very real …
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Listening to God…Is He There? (re:listening 3)
The past few days I've been posting on the topic of listening. What about when we're listening to God - we come with open ears and hearts to Him - and we're not hearing anything. Is God listening to us? Is He there? Probably all of us have times when we feel like God isn't …
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Matthew Erickson 