Behold, Lord, An empty vessel that needs to be filled. My Lord, fill it. I am weak in faith; Strengthen thou me. I am cold in love; Warm me and make me fervent That my love may go out to my neighbor. I do not have a strong and firm faith; At times I doubt …
The Ninety-Five Theses of Martin Luther
As a follow-up to my message from this past weekend commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, "Faith and Grace," I wanted to post Martin Luther's actual Ninety-Five Theses here. Too often we do not read original sources of theological or historical works, relying instead on interpreter's reflections on those source works. So, why not take …
Basic Reformation Timeline
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 …
Matthew Erickson 