Throughout our new series "The Final Word: Knowing Christ through Hebrews," I am writing prayers related to the text on which we are preaching each week. This prayer is drawn from Hebrews 7:1-25. The complete list of prayers inspired by Hebrews is included at the bottom of this post. You can also view my message …
Jesus the Messiah: Our Promised Priestly King
In Advent we enter into the longing of Israel for a Messiah; the longing for the promises of the prophets to be fulfilled. We sing songs with words like, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lowly exile here until the Son of God appear.” We sing these words …
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The Eternal Priest (Psalm 110)
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our series, "Songs of the Savior: Psalms for Advent," by exploring Psalm 110. I began by walking through the two sections of the psalm, giving attention to promise and fulfillment in those sections. I followed this by looking at the psalm Christologically, with attention to the many New …
The Eternal Priest: Advent Devotional, Week 3
Read Psalm 110 In the book of Genesis, Abraham and Sarah leave their homeland in present-day Iraq to follow God to wherever He will lead them. Their nephew, Lot, accompanies them, eventually getting into all sorts of trouble. At one point, Lot and his family are taken captive in the midst of a military campaign …
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Matthew Erickson 