"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Neil Postman on form and the shaping of culture
From Neil Postman's classic, Amusing Ourselves to Death: In studying the Bible as a young man, I found intimations of the idea that forms of media favor particular kinds of content and therefore are capable of taking command of culture. I refer specifically to the Decalogue, the Second Commandment of which prohibits the Israelites from making …
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Faith and the Final Vision [Daniel 10-11]
I continued our series on the book of Daniel this past weekend at Eastbrook Church by exploring the final vision Daniel has in the book, found in Daniel 10:1-12:4. In order to walk through this entire passage in one message, I had to pick and choose certain things to focus on, and I chose to give attention …
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Anticipatory Faith with Gabriel Douglas [Daniel]
Gabriel Douglas, Eastbrook's Middle School Pastor, continued our series on the book of Daniel, "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. As Gabriel mentioned, this was an interesting message as I asked him to preach at the pivot point of the book of Daniel on the nature of apocalyptic literature and why …
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Faith that Doesn’t Flinch [Daniel 6]
Pastor Femi Ibitoye continued our series on the book of Daniel, "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This weekend we looked at Daniel, chapter 6, one of the most famous passages from Daniel where he finds himself under pressure and eventually thrown in the lions' den. You can view the …
Matthew Erickson 