pastor || writer || speaker
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I concluded our Advent preaching series entitled "Who Is He?: Titles of Jesus the Messiah from Isaiah" by looking at Isaiah 49:1-13 with a message entitled "The One Who Restores." This is the second of four texts in the second half of the book of Isaiah that are generally referred …
Continue reading "“The One Who Restores” – a message from Isaiah 49"
Fra Angelico, The Annunciation; tempera on wood; between 1433 and 1434. “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.From now on all generations will call me blessed.” (Luke 1:46-48) "Love is blind." At least, that's how the saying goes. The …
Continue reading "Encountering the Merciful Love of God :: Fra Angelico, “The Annunciation”"
“My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.” (Luke 1:46-48) "Love is blind." At least, that's how the saying goes. The phrase means that when love is at work, …
As we continued our "Great Prayers of the Bible" series this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I spoke from Mary's prayers of surrender to God in Luke 1. This weekend's message explores what it means to pray into a place of surrender with God and why surrendering to God in prayer is one of the best things we …
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Visitation," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is the second part of our series, "Beginnings." The text for this week is Luke 1:26-56. Discussion Questions: When have experienced a special gift in your life from a person or God? What happened? This week we continue …
Matthew Erickson 