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When Kelly and I were newly married we had a knack for killing the house plants we had in our apartment. One day, we saw one of our neighbors, an elderly woman named Elsie, digging a plant we had killed out of the dumpster. We watched as she took it back in her apartment, left …
Continue reading "The Key Nutrient of Blessing [Psalm 1, part 3]"
Let’s read the first verse of Psalm 1 again: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers. There is an environment in which blessing takes root and the psalmist draws our attention to it with these three parallel phrases. Now, Hebrew …
Continue reading "The Environment of Blessing [Psalm 1, part 2]"
The book of Psalms in the Old Testament is a collection of prayers and songs that show us what it looks like to live a life with God. The psalms were used in the worship of the people of Israel, both in the Temple and later in the synagogues. The Christian church continues to utilize …
We concluded our journey with the Psalms of Ascent in our series Ascend by looking at Psalm 134 this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. I walked slowly through this three-verse text before focusing on two tools for spiritual growth that this psalm directs our attention toward. Below you can view the video and sermon outline of this …
I concluded our series, "Rooted," from Psalm 1 this weekend at Eastbrook Church. My message, "Chaff," looked at the final three verses: Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watches over …
Matthew Erickson 