I am posting this prayer I shared yesterday in our services at Eastbrook Church, as well as the introductory comments, since a few people asked me for copies of it. I hope it is an encouragement. Thanks to all those who helped edit this into its final form. All through this last week I have …
Turning to God in Troubling Times: a five-week study on Habakkuk
This past weekend, I continued our series "God in the Ruins: The Message of the Minor Prophets" at Eastbrook Church by looking at the prophet Habakkuk. You can watch the message here. I also wanted to share a five-week series I did on the book of Habakkuk in 2015 entitled "Turning to God in Troubling …
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Surrendered
This weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "Journey to the Cross," by looking at Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives in Mark 14:32-42. The message, entitled "Surrendered," drew out six observations about Jesus' time in Gethsemane with application to our own approach to human distress and suffering in our own lives. …
From Distress to Peace
I still remember the time when I encountered a mother who could not find her preschool-age daughter at a hotel. She was urgently trying to find her little one, but was distressed by the possibilities of an unfamiliar setting with unfamiliar people and lurking dangers. Thankfully, the mother returned to where she started only to …
Matthew Erickson 