Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message on marriage from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church as part of our series on relationships entitled "Made for It." Discussion Questions: 1. Who has the best marriage you know and why? 2. As we continue with our series on relationships, “Made for It,” we want to …
Marriage
I continued our series on relationships, "Made for It," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church with a message on marriage. I started the message in the creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2, then built from there into Paul's instructions for households in Ephesians 5, moved into some words about the role marriage has in God's mission, …
Singletons – the changing shape of the single world
Last week's issue of The Economist included a provocative article about the increase of single adults internationally entitled "Singletons: the attraction of solitude." The evangelical church has not historically done a great job of reaching out to single adults. In one of my former church settings, a significant leader who was a single adult challenged me and …
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Broken and Weak
[I wrote this article for Relevant Magazine's online edition a few years back. It is no longer available online, so I am re-posting it here.] I have a friend who is in the midst of a separation from his wife. He’s hurting. We were talking in another friend’s kitchen tonight about all that is going …
In the Bedroom…
This past Sunday, October 18th, Kelly and I spoke together at Brooklife Church in the third week of our series on marriage entitled "Happily Ever After?" Our message was entitled "In the Bedroom" and, as you might expect, we were talking about sex and sexuality. Our message addressed the goodness of sexuality, the need for …
Matthew Erickson 