I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church by turning to the third chapter of God's Good Story: Redemption in Jesus Christ. This message builds off of previous messages on Creation and the Fall, looking at Christ's redeeming work as outlined in Romans 5. …
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. The Jesus Prayer is drawn from Luke 18:9-14, and is used widely throughout the Eastern Christian tradition.
Recovering the Wonder of Advent: Four pathways for preaching in Advent
I had the privilege to write an article on preaching in Advent for Preaching Today, which was just recently released. You can read the entire article, "Recovering the Wonder of Advent: Four pathways for preaching in Advent," at Preaching Today, but here's a taste of what you will find there. In my childhood, one of the greatest …
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Serving God in Hard Places (Hard Places)
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we concluded our annual MissionsFest. As we celebrate God's faithfulness to us as a church for forty years, we heard from two of our long-term, international ministry partners on the theme of "Hard Places." This second weekend, Rev. Canon Francis Omondi from Kenya spoke to us about the nature …
Matthew Erickson 