The imagination, so one definition says, is “the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.” With imagination, we see what is not visible to our physical eyes, hear what is audible but not in the moment, and consider what is not tangibly before …
Finding Hope: Elizabeth
[This is the devotional I wrote for the second week of Eastbrook Church's Advent 2018 devotional. Join in with the daily journey through Advent here.] “But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old…Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. ‘The Lord has done this …
3 Reasons Daniel’s Visions Matter
As we have been journeying through a preaching series on the book of Daniel at Eastbrook Church, "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith," we have come to some of the most difficult parts of the book to understand in the visions of chapters 7-12. Through these visions, God unveils the reality of what is really …
Finding Peace: Isaiah
[This is the devotional I wrote for the first week of Eastbrook Church's Advent 2018 devotional. Join in with the daily journey through Advent here.] “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting …
Faith and the Baptized Imagination: Biblical Apocalyptic as the Key to Exile Faith
Apocalyptic literature takes its name from the Greek word ἀποκάλυψις (apokalupsis), which literally means 'uncovering' or 'unveiling.' As some of us may already know, the last book of the Bible, translated with the title 'Revelation,' draws its name from the first word of the book, which is this very word 'ἀποκάλυψις.' Unfortunately, our reading of …
Matthew Erickson 