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Whenever I study for a sermon series, I spend a lot of time far in advance of that sermon series doing research, reading books, thinking, reading articles, reflecting, reading more books, writing, and reading even more. I usually gather all of the resources I use together into a bibliography for each series. Sometimes, I have …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series "The Life of Joseph: God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering" by looking at Joseph's overtures toward reconciliation with his brothers in Genesis 45-46. This message was essentially about the nature of and difference between forgiveness and relational reconciliation. You can view the message video and sermon …
After returning from international travels this past week, I returned to Eastbrook to continue our series "The Life of Joseph: God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering." This weekend we explored Genesis 42-44, with special attention to the transformation that occurs in Joseph's brothers, particularly in Judah. My goal in this message was to open up the ways …
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series "The Life of Joseph: God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering" by looking at Joseph's exaltation from suffering in Genesis 40-41. A significant part of this message ended up being about waiting on God in the midst of our suffering. You can view the message video and …
This past weekend in my message "Caught" from our series on the life of Joseph, I spent quite a bit of time talking about temptation. I referenced a definition of temptation from the Puritan pastor and spiritual writer, John Owen, who defines temptation in this way in his book Of Temptation: Temptation…is any thing, state, way, …
Matthew Erickson 