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"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." (Ephesians 4:1) In Ephesians 4:1, Paul urges the Ephesians—and us, through them—to live a life worthy of the calling we have received. The unity of the church in divided times is, as always, first …
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This past Saturday, Kelly and I attended the memorial service for Stuart Briscoe at Elmbrook Church. It was a joy to reconnect with friends and former colleagues I hadn't seen in some time and to celebrate God's work in and through Stuart's life. My first full-time vocational role in ministry was as the Pastor of …
"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." (Ephesians 4:1) In Ephesians 4:1, Paul urges the Ephesians—and us, through them—to live a life worthy of the calling we have received. The unity of the church in divided times is tied into putting …
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This past weekend I continued our series on the Sermon on the Mount by exploring our "Real Identity" as the salt of the earth and the light of the world from Matthew 5:13-16. In verse 13, Jesus says, "But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no …
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Good things come to those who wait, I’ve been told, but, honestly, I have a really hard time with that. Let me give you three situations many of us face. Number one: music tries to calm me down as I anxiously wait behind unending lines of traffic, hoping I arrive reasonably on-time to my next …
Matthew Erickson 