As I've mentioned previously, I have the great privilege of being a regular blogger at The Gospel Life blog. The most recent series of blog posts there is entitled "Leading with the Gospel," and looks at what several writers view as essential aspects of leading a local church with an evangelistic edge. I wrote a post that …
Difficulties at Work
How should we respond when we face difficulties at work? What do we do when we run into tensions with co-workers? What if our work environment puts undue pressure on us or is simply at odds with God's ways? This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "God at Work," with a message "Difficulties at Work." The …
Empowered (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Empowered," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is the third part of our series, "Activate," where we are looking at what it means to be individual Christians and a local church set into motion by God's power and presence for God's work in the world. Discussion Questions: …
Empowered
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series "Activate" by looking at the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit in the activated church and Christian from Acts 2:1-13. I began by highlighting four aspects of the significance of Pentecost in Acts 2, and followed that by looking at four ways in which the Holy Spirit …
Called (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Called," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is the first part of our series, "Activate," where we are looking at what it means to be individual Christians and a local church set into motion by God's power and presence for God's work in the world. Discussion …
Matthew Erickson 