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While studying for my message at Eastbrook from this past weekend, "Real Righteousness," I came across these words by an anonymous church father from homily 11 of an incomplete work on Matthew. I found these insights helpful in understanding how Christ does not abolish the Law but fulfills it. The author is commenting on the …
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While studying for my message at Eastbrook from this past weekend, "The Voice of One Calling Out," I came across these words by an anonymous church father from homily 3 of an incomplete work on Matthew that I found both illuminating and challenging. They are a commentary on the final words from John the Baptist's …
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I came across the quotation while studying for a message from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount on God's people living as light. As a pastor, I found these words convicting and encouraging. I hope you are blessed by them as well. The church leader should be equipped with all the virtues. He should be poor, so …
My continued reflections on pastoral ministry, the church, and what it means to be in ministry in North America led me back to Thomas Oden's Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry. I first read this book while still an undergrad at Wheaton College but enrolled with special permission in a graduate level class entitle "Pastoral Ministry," I …
Matthew Erickson 