This past Sunday in my message, "Encountering a Broken World," I mentioned how God works through broken people, referencing a list of examples from the Bible. A few people asked me to share that list with them, so here it is. “For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven” …
Five Types of the Dark Side of Leadership
Continuing with my exploration of Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima's Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, in the second part of the book the authors give attention to what they call "five dark-side issues experienced most often by leaders" (16). They group those dark-side issues into individual chapters that describe in greater detail what each …
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Flawed Heroes: A Study on Judges
Join us this summer as we explore the Old Testament book of Judges at Eastbrook Church with a new series beginning this weekend entitled "Flawed Heroes." The book of Judges occupies an interesting space in the historical books of the Hebrew Bible, fitting between the great Exodus with Moses and Joshua and the coming of the kings with …
Matthew Erickson 