As part of my own preparation for this past weekend's message, "Faith and Grace," I drew up a basic timeline of the Reformation. I'm simply sharing it here as a number of folks asked me about some of the historical details after services on Saturday and Sunday. You can find a much more detailed timeline …
The Immigrant Apostles’ Creed
A friend shared this creative rewriting of the Apostles' Creed from an immigrant perspective with me this week. Apparently it was originally written by Rev. Jose Luis Casal, the Director of Presbyterian World Mission and an immigrant to the USA from Cuba. It is thought-provoking. I believe in Almighty God, who guided the people in exile …
Bibliography on the Trinity
My studies for our series "The Trinity" at Eastbrook plunged me into a lot of reading, reflecting, and praying. Along with a thorough study of Scripture on the nature of God as Trinity, I strongly recommend readings of the early Christian creeds, particular the Nicene Creed and the Chalcedonian Formula. However, I also turned to …
The Trinity: historical background
One of the biggest problems within contemporary North American Christianity is theological amnesia. Many churchgoers have no idea that our faith is situated within "a great cloud of witnesses" (Hebrews 12:1) spanning from the time of Christ up to our present day. As a remedy to that, more than ten years ago I pulled together a …
The Return of Christ: 5 Aspects and 3 Images
This morning I had the privilege of speaking at Eastbrook's monthly men's breakfast on the topic: "Jesus Our Coming King." I began with an overview of the narrative arc of Jesus' life: Nativity and birth Life: teaching, miracles, mission Crucifixion Resurrection Ascension Intercession Return I then shared five aspects of Jesus' return: It will happen (Acts …
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Matthew Erickson 