Walking out of prison is not something you do. Even with all of the mystique of stories about prison escapes, when it comes right down to it, prisons are places you go to but don't get out of by your own will or effort. But what if someone sets you free? In this fifth week …
||40days|| week five: follow
With all the talk in social media about how many followers you have, it is easy to lose sight of what it really means to follow someone. This season of Lent, which we are marking with our ||40days|| journey, is really all about following Jesus. So this fifth week we take the next step after acknowledging, …
Multiplying (Study Questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Multiplying." Discussion Questions: 1. How did you come to be a follower of Jesus? Tell your story? Who were the people who most influenced you to follow Jesus and how did they do that? 2. This final week …
“Follow”: My Last Message at Brooklife
Two Sundays ago, August 22, was my last Sunday at Brooklife Church. I gave a message entitled "Follow" that expressed some things that God has been speaking to me over the past 6-9 months. I looked at Matthew 4:18-22, where Jesus calls the first disciples to follow Him. My main points were built around three …
The Cross…What It Demands of Me
While I am a little belated in posting this, you can listen to the message I gave at Brooklife Church on March 28th (Palm Sunday) entitled "The Cross...What It Demands of Me." This was the third of four messages in a series at Brooklife called "The Cross." I was speaking from Luke 9:23-26, where Jesus …
Matthew Erickson 