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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series entitled "Who Is He?: Titles of Jesus the Messiah from Isaiah" by looking at Isaiah 42:1-9 with a message entitled "The One Who Brings Justice." This is the first of four texts in the second half of the book of Isaiah that are generally referred …
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This past weekend in my message, "Seeking Understanding," I spent most of the sermon exploring ways in which the Ethiopian eunuch grew in his own journey with God through Philip's influence. Near the end of the message, I touched briefly on how Philip's life of discipleship was marked by saying "yes" to God again and …
William Blake, The Ancient of Days, watercolor etching; 1794. "Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth." (Psalm 74:12) O Ancient One,whose being precedes all we knowand whose word sparked all things,whose holiness is unsearchableand whose love is incomprehensible,I worship You. I worship Youwith my words, stumbling …
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29) Lord, awesome God, who reveals with great power who You are and Your ways, I come to You in awe and humility …
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Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is Christian Wiman's poem "Every Riven Thing," which is from Every Riven Thing (2011). Christian Wiman is a contemporary poet and essayist who edited Poetry (2003-2013) and serves at Yale Divinity School as Professor of the …
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Matthew Erickson 