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The Calling of God’s People: a word from Micah 6
In recent days, I have been thinking quite a bit about what it means to be God's people in God's world. My thinking has brought me back to certain key Scripture texts that speak clearly and profoundly to this point. I have returned often to Micah 6:8, one of the most succinct summaries of the …
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Divine Justice and the Vulnerable: insights from Nicholas Wolterstorff
In my message this past weekend at Eastbrook, "The One Who Brings Justice," I mentioned God's preferential care for the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the foreigner, what is often referred to as "the quartet of the vulnerable." Here is an insightful piece on this topic from Nicholas Wolterstorff's book, Justice: Rights and Wrongs. A …
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“The One Who Brings Justice” – a message from Isaiah 42
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series entitled "Who Is He?: Titles of Jesus the Messiah from Isaiah" by looking at Isaiah 42:1-9 with a message entitled "The One Who Brings Justice." This is the first of four texts in the second half of the book of Isaiah that are generally referred …
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Third Sunday in Advent: The One Who Brings Justice
One of the deepest desires of human beings is for justice. We long for our lives and the world to be impartially guided by what is just, right, true, and fair. At our jobs or in our classrooms, in the courtroom or the sports field, we want all people treated well and measured equally against …
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Matthew Erickson 