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Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4 If there is one thing that should you do for your children it is this: help them to know God and become followers of Christ. That is the bottom line. This is an incredibly …
Continue reading "5 Practices to Jumpstart Your Family (Pt 1)"
Yesterday at Brooklife, I continued our series from Ephesians called "Jumpstart." I was talking about the topic of being children and parents who honor God from Ephesians 6:1-4. You can listen to the message via our web-site here. You can view the presentation that accompanies the message below. A recent article that I found particularly …
On November 29, I kicked off our new series at Brooklife Church called "What Happened to Christmas?" The sermon was focused on how we prepare for Christmas in a world that, although it prepares in many ways, often gets it wrong. I suggest that we can prepare for Christmas rightly be doing three things: Looking …
This past Sunday, November 8, I kicked-off a new series at Brooklife Church called "Storyteller," in which we are looking at parables of Jesus. I was looking at the parables of the friend coming to another asking for bread at midnight. The focus of my message was on the confidence we can have with our …
This past Sunday, October 18th, Kelly and I spoke together at Brooklife Church in the third week of our series on marriage entitled "Happily Ever After?" Our message was entitled "In the Bedroom" and, as you might expect, we were talking about sex and sexuality. Our message addressed the goodness of sexuality, the need for …
Matthew Erickson 