This next weekend at Eastbrook Church we are beginning a series entitled "Love Letters" on 1, 2, and 3 John. The God who made us has a plan for our world. His plan centers in Jesus Christ, who really lived and who changed the course of human history. Jesus is the One who makes it …
Resolved
This coming weekend, we are beginning a new series at Eastbrook Church entitled: "Resolved." For most people, a new year means making new resolutions. Unfortunately, sometimes our resolutions are weak or, more truthfully, our willpower is weak to stick with it. What should we be resolved about? How do we move forward with those resolutions …
Bounds on Preaching and Prayer
I came across this quotation from E. M. Bounds when reading Richard Foster's book, Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. Bounds is one of our preeminent writers on prayer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, there is not always the same emphasis on prayer as a source of power for ministry that …
Listening in order to Speak
Eugene Peterson is the pastor-preacher-professor who translated the Bible into the highly popular paraphrase, The Message. One of the most striking aspects of The Message is how Peterson used everyday language in it. The 'everyday'-ness of the wording is sometimes strange because we are used to using one set of words for our religious life …
Matthew Erickson 