Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Word and Deed," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is part of our series, "Appearing." The text for this week is Luke 4:31-44. Discussion Questions: As we continue our “Appearing” series on Jesus’ beginnings in ministry, this week we will study Luke 4:31-44. Begin your …
Word and Deed
I'm catching up on some old posts here on my blog, but wanted to repost my message from the last weekend of Advent entitled "Word and Deed" from Luke 4:31-44. This was the final part of our series entitled "Appearing" at Eastbrook Church from Luke 3 and 4. You can find the entire series at our web-site, through the Eastbrook …
Post-Election Letter to My Church
When the elections happened last Tuesday I was in Rwanda with a mission team (I did vote by absentee ballot ahead of time). As things played out during the week my staff asked me to consider writing a letter that they could read in church while I was away. Since my return from Rwanda yesterday, …
Where Are We?
Is the terrifying trend in American politics a slim chance to recover our souls? Will the alarming rhetoric and substanceless rampaging open the eyes of our people to reality, meaning, and consequences, or have we teetered over the edge of sanity into the purgatorial spiral of steady cultural decay? Will the remnant stand up, speak …
Empowered
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series "Activate" by looking at the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit in the activated church and Christian from Acts 2:1-13. I began by highlighting four aspects of the significance of Pentecost in Acts 2, and followed that by looking at four ways in which the Holy Spirit …
Matthew Erickson 