This past weekend in my message, "Seeking Understanding," I spent most of the sermon exploring ways in which the Ethiopian eunuch grew in his own journey with God through Philip's influence. Near the end of the message, I touched briefly on how Philip's life of discipleship was marked by saying "yes" to God again and …
A Call Worth Paying Attention To
I don’t know if you’ve ever had trouble with spam robocalls on your phone, like I have, but it is so annoying. I signed up for the National “do-not-call” registry, but I continue to receive these calls. I have a special spam filtering app on my phone, but I still get the calls. When I …
3 Transformational Ways to Read Scripture
This past weekend in his message, "Building Upon God's Word," Pastor Femi Ibitoye explored ways God's people responded to the public reading of Scripture in their lives within the book of Nehemiah. There is something so dramatically important about the regular, transformational reading of Scripture. If we are going to truly hear Jesus' call toward …
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God Works through Broken People
This past Sunday in my message, "Encountering a Broken World," I mentioned how God works through broken people, referencing a list of examples from the Bible. A few people asked me to share that list with them, so here it is. “For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven” …
Siren Songs or the Shepherd’s Voice?
In Homer's Odyssey we trace the epic return journey of Odysseus from Troy to his home in Ithaca. It is a long and arduous journey of ten years filled with many adventures and terrors. At one point along the journey, Odysseus is warned of a coming trial: the Sirens whose song is so irresistible that …
Matthew Erickson 