He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) There is one stream of scientific thought that has sought to reduce human beings to mere biological or chemical elements. In the midst …
Why Is Sexuality Such a Big Deal in the Bible?: a brief reflection
Photo by Rahul Pandit on Pexels.com The past few weekends at Eastbrook, our series from 1 Corinthians, "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church," has taken us into some very challenging words from this letter of the Apostle Paul. The first two verses of chapter quickly give us a sense of that challenge: It is actually …
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Living with Christian Hope
What is hope? We all have hopes of different sorts. In the past we may have talked about the hope of a new job, a life partner, or an amazing gift for our birthday. In recent times, hope has become more focused, consider the basics of our health, our livelihood, and, in some cases, survival. …
Hungry Like a Newborn Baby: what do you desire in your spiritual life?
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. (1 Peter 2:2-3) Think of yourselves in this way, writes Peter, as a newborn baby, helpless and hungry, and with one sort of desire: to be fed. …
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Hungry for Peace
No one wants to live feeling depleted and empty. We all want to live out of a place of abundance, satisfaction, and peace. We hunger to feel like our lives are on the right track and that everything is ‘right,’ in the best sense of the word. The biblical word for this is peace or, …
Matthew Erickson 