On Wednesday at Eastbrook we begin our forty day journey with the book of Job entitled "Finding God in the Darkness." This past weekend in my message "Still God" I mentioned how fasting can be a helpful spiritual practice to help us regain a hunger for God. I want to refer to a series of posts on …
Chosen Words
Beginning this weekend at Eastbrook we kick off a new series entitled "Chosen Words." Jesus’ teaching from the upper room and immediately afterwards, found in John 13-17, is the longest sequence of teaching in John’s gospel and unique in its intimacy in comparison with the gospels. Here, Jesus offers His followers some of the most intense teaching at …
5 Reasons I’m giving up social media during Lent
People talk about all sorts of things you can give up during Lent. For the past three months, I've sensed that it would be spiritually upbuilding for me to take a break - a sabbath of sorts - from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more. In the past, I've utilized my blog and social media …
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||40days|| week seven: Jesus Died
Jesus walked into Jerusalem hailed as a king. Within a few days, the crowd was calling for His execution: "Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!" (John 19:15). A thorny crown fiercely adorned His kingly head (19:2). Purple robes signaled His royalty as soldiers spit on Him, slapped Him and mocked Him (19:3). But …
||40days|| week seven: Jesus Was Accused
Even though He taught God's truth and healed many people, Jesus was arrested. Clearly, He said some revolutionary things and acted in some startling ways - like pushing things around in the Temple - but His arrest was part of a plot concocted by religious leaders. He was shuffled from Annas, the former high priest, …
Matthew Erickson 