"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
“Marriage, Divorce, and Singleness, part 1” – a message from 1 Corinthians 7 with Kelly Erickson
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 7 my wife, Kelly, and I addressed portions of the chapter related to marriage and sexuality in marriage, predominantly verses 1-16. While we did briefly speak about Paul's gift of …
Jesus on Divorce and Marriage
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Jesus Said What?!" by turning to another tough topic: divorce and marriage. But is that really the only point of these passages? We look at two important passages on these topics in Matthew 19:1-12 and Matthew 22:23-33. This message is from the eighth part …
Creation and Embodied Sexuality
I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church This weekend, I turned our attention to the first chapter of God's Good Story: Creation. The message draws upon many Scripture passages, but finds its footing in Genesis 1 and 2. My main point was basically …
Five Themes of Resilient Ministry
This week, I am spending time in reflection about what it means to be a pastor, what ministry is all about, and what it means to be the church. Earlier this week I shared some insights from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together about the church and from Dallas Willard on the nature of ministry in a consumer …
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