Jim Putman of Real Life Church Ministries in Idaho kicked off the first main session of the Exponential 2013 conference this afternoon. I will be blogging throughout the conference. Here are my notes from Jim's message: God uses broken people so that He can get the glory for it. Matthew 16:18 - "who do you …
Instant Faith?
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I launched a new series called “Beginning to Live.” The focus of this past weekend was faith and so my blog posts this week are all about faith. Faith is something very challenging for us in our day. We live in a fast-paced culture intent on instant gratification. We …
||40days|| week six: live in trust
If I told you to sit in a chair at my dinner table, I'm confident you would be more than happy to take a seat. But if I told you to sit in a chair that was rickety with only two good legs, you might reconsider. One chair is trustworthy but another is not quite …
||40days|| week six: live joyful
In the midst of our pursuit of God, we can sometimes focus so much on the seriousness of discipleship that we miss out on the joy of our life with God. Of course, there are good reasons for that. First of all, Jesus called us to take up our cross, deny ourselves and follow Him. …
||40days|| week six: live thankful
Every year in the US, we mark out a day to celebrate what we have been given. Thanksgiving Day, in my opinion, is actually one of the most culturally amazing moments where we take time out from work and normal routines to simply celebrate and enjoy God's goodness. Of course, like all things, Thanksgiving can …
Matthew Erickson 