pastor || writer || speaker
Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Lamb (detail of the Ghent altarpiece); oil on panel; between 1425 and 1429. "Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders." (Revelation 5:6) One of the most striking aspects …
Continue reading "Worship Him :: Jan van Eyck, “The Adoration of the Lamb”"
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series on prayer, "Great Prayers of the Bible", by looking at two significant themes on prayer from the book of Revelation. The entire message was built around the idea of praying with the end state of prayer in mind. Basically, if we want to "begin with …
“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.” (Philippians 1:4) It is fitting that this last day of the 30 Days of Prayer devotional ends with Philippians. This letter of Paul is jam-packed with lived theology as the Apostle writes an epistle of joy from prison to believers suffering greatly. …
Continue reading "Praying with Paul: Philippians 1 [30 Days of Prayer]"
The second thought of my reflections from reading Scripture the other day is this: Jesus is the Lamb. In Revelation chapter five, when the elder directs John to see the "Lion of Judah" who is alone worthy to open the scroll of God, John sees something quite unexpected. He does not see a lion at …
When reading Scripture the other day, there were two parallel thoughts that leaped out of Amos and Revelation to capture my mind. The first is this: Jesus is the Lion. The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers. (Amos 1:1) The …
Matthew Erickson 