This past weekend at Eastbrook I continued our series on the message of the minor prophets, "God in the Ruins," by looking at the first five chapters of the book of Micah. Micah prophesied to both the northern and southern kingdoms during the reigns of kings Jotham (742-735 BC), Ahaz (735-715 BC), and Hezekiah (715-686 …
The Perfect King (Psalm 72)
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I concluded our series, "Songs of the Savior: Psalms for Advent," by exploring Psalm 72. Psalm 72 is not an explicitly messianic psalm, but echoes themes of the Messiah that are seen in Isaiah 11 and Zechariah 9. New Testament writers nod toward Psalm 72 in many ways, for example …
The Perfect King: Advent Devotional, Week 4
Read Psalm 72 During winter, one of our sons began cultivating seeds in the basement to plant in our gardens during spring. It was a lot of work to keep them watered and sufficiently warm during the cold months. When the weather finally turned, we planted the seedlings throughout our gardens. A new sort of …
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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 