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One of the pervasive themes in Hosea, chapters 1-3, is that God's people have become like a promiscuous spouse through their idolatry. Like a harlot seeking after other lovers, God's people turned to other gods, seeking good things in them as lovers, even though God is the source of every good thing they have. This …
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Here's one more follow-up post from my message on idolatry last Thursday night with Kaleo, the young adults group here at Eastbrook. In his book book Counterfeit Gods (pages 167-170), Tim Keller shares four questions you can ask yourself to discover your idols. What are we dreaming about or imagining? As William Temple said, "Your religion …
Last Friday night, I gave a message to our young adults at Eastbrook as part of their series on idolatry. Drawing upon Exodus 20 and 32, as well as Psalm 115, and 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10, I attempted to paint a picture of what idolatry is, what it does to us, and how God set us free …
A quick search online reveals that a lot of us have image problems. Not only do you and I have image problems, but it seems like every category of person, career, human activity, and individual has an image problem. The Satanic Inversion of the Image of God As I mentioned in my message this past …
With our current series at Eastbrook Church, "Who Am I?", we are exploring biblical answers to questions about finding our identity in God. This past weekend, in my message "I Am More Than My Image," I spoke to the ways in which we are tempted to live according to false images of ourselves instead of living …
Matthew Erickson 