It’s a pleasure to be a regular contributor to The Gospel Life blog. sponsored by the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. My latest post dropped today: "The Pastor and Evangelism: Six Freeing Approaches to Fulfilling Our Evangelistic Calling." Here’s an excerpt, but you can read the entire post here. If we are honest as pastors, …
Shared Joy
This last weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians, "Unshackled: Joy Beyond Circumstances." This weekend we continued with Paul's outworking of our kingdom citizenship begun in Philippians 1:27, turning now toward the outworking of our salvation joy in Philippians 2:12-30. I love this passage because it holds …
Witnesses to Hope
Over the past couple of years, I have participated in the Gospel Life blog hosted by the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College. In my post there today I write about the need for us as Christians to become witnesses to hope. This post came out of a lot of my own conversations and …
The Joy of Faith
This last weekend at Eastbrook Church we began a new series "Unshackled: Joy Beyond Circumstances" from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians. I began by looking at Philippians 1:1-26, setting the context for Paul's letter of joy. Below you can view the video and sermon outline of this message, “The Joy of Faith.” You can …
The Power of the Gospel to Sustain Unity
Over the past couple of years, I have participated in the Gospel Life blog hosted by the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College. In my most recent post, I reflected on the intrinsic value of unity for the gospel mission of God's people. For those who are a part of the Eastbrook Church, you …
Matthew Erickson 