This past weekend at Eastbrook, I concluded our series "Growing in Faith: Exploring 2 Peter" by preaching a message entitled "Grow in the Grace and Knowledge of Jesus" from verses 14-18 of 2 Peter 3. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend …
Rediscovering the Love of God: insights from Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen's writing has impacted me greatly. Whether his marvelously moving book The Return of the Prodigal Son, his gleanings from the spirituality of the desert fathers and mothers in The Way of the Heart, or his powerful reflection on Christian leadership with In the Name of Jesus, his words move me. Recently, a friend …
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A Prayer of God’s Lavish Love Enfleshed
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be …
A Prayer to the God Who Is there
Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. (Psalm 17:7-8) My Lord and my God,show me the wonders of Your great love.As dawn unfolds, stretching bright wingsover a world shrouded …
Is God’s Love with Us Even in Trials?
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the …
Matthew Erickson 