1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and …
Jonah [God in the Ruins]
One of the hardest tasks of the preacher is to take a well-known part of Scripture and make it fresh for people again. This past weekend at Eastbrook, I tried to do just that as I preached on Jonah in our series on the minor prophets, "God in the Ruins." Unlike all the other minor …
A Prayer inspired by the prophet Jonah
Almighty God, You are the powerful Creator of all the nations upon earth. You are holy and wonderful beyond what we understand. We look at Jonah and we are startled by his insolence in running away from You, by his humility in recognizing Your rescue, and his anger at Your mercy to those he felt …
God in the Ruins: The Message of the Minor Prophets
This weekend at Eastbrook Church we began a new preaching series entitled "God in the Ruins: The Message of the Minor Prophets." At the end of the Hebrew Bible, our Old Testament, we find a collection of twelve small, yet powerful, books known as the Minor Prophets or “the Book of the Twelve.” The title …
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Five Types of the Dark Side of Leadership
Continuing with my exploration of Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima's Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, in the second part of the book the authors give attention to what they call "five dark-side issues experienced most often by leaders" (16). They group those dark-side issues into individual chapters that describe in greater detail what each …
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Matthew Erickson 