Photo by Scott Webb on Pexels.com This past Sunday, my message on the life of David ("Cracks in the Legacy") explored the need to shed unhelpful idealization of others or the church for a more grounded approach I described as faith-filled realism. There is no portion of Scripture that tends to undo David's legacy as …
“Cracks in the Legacy” – a message about the real David from 2 Samuel 13-20
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our summer preaching series entitled "The Pursuit of God: The Life of David." My message this weekend moved at a fairly high level in relation to the stories found in 2 Samuel 13-20. I explored three cracks in David's legacy, and what it means to move from idealism …
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Living Like the Community We Are
Here are five suggestions toward living like the community we are as the church that I mentioned in my sermon this past week. If God has created us as a new sort of revolutionary community, then we need to inch toward that reality in our local churches. What would you add to this list? Stop …
Matthew Erickson 