As part of my own preparation for this past weekend's message, "Faith and Grace," I drew up a basic timeline of the Reformation. I'm simply sharing it here as a number of folks asked me about some of the historical details after services on Saturday and Sunday. You can find a much more detailed timeline …
Faith and Grace
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a weekend focused on two major Reformation themes: "Faith and Grace." The first part of the message focused on historical background and context of the Reformation. I eventually took us into an exploration of three Scripture passages central to Reformation thinking on faith …
Four Quotations on Prayer
This past weekend in my message "Making Space for Prayer," the first part of our series "The Art of Prayer" at Eastbrook Church, I shared four quotations on prayer that many people asked me about later. Here they are for your edification. “The truth is that we only learn to pray all the time everywhere after …
Martin Luther on Vocation
This past weekend during my sermon, I mentioned a quotation from Martin Luther on vocation. In this passage, Luther comments on 1 Peter 2:9, which says, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness …
Martin Luther on the Ninth Commandment
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I spoke about the Ninth and Tenth Commandments from Exodus 20:16-17 in a message entitled "The Neighbor." I came across an interesting quotation from Martin Luther about the Ninth Commandment: Knowledge of sin does not entail the right to judge it. I may see and hear that my neighbor sins, but to make him …
Matthew Erickson 