This past weekend at Eastbrook we began a new three-week series entitled "The Art of Prayer," looking at Jesus' approach to the life of prayer. I began the series with a message entitled "Making Space for Prayer." Jesus is the Master of prayer, and He makes space for prayer. We see this throughout the Gospel of Luke, …
Jesus Comes After Sick People
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32) I am glad that Jesus comes after sick people. In Luke 5, Jesus pursues a man with leprosy, a paralyzed man, a social outcast who collects …
Matthew Erickson 