This coming weekend, we will begin a new series called "Let's Grow" at Eastbrook Church. The series is really an explanation and exploration of spiritual growth for the follower of Christ. Will Branch will help me teach this series, so I am looking forward to learning from him as we go through this over the next …
Growing Up with Jesus
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. (Luke 2:52) If Jesus grew up, we should be reassured that we too must grow up. Most of us would have no problem with the idea that Jesus grew up, as Luke says, "in stature"; developing from a child to a …
Fasting – give me your feedback
One of the spiritual disciplines that I struggle with the most is fasting. Part of my struggle with fasting is inexperience with it, while another part of it is the challenge of actually denying myself. When I have fasted, I have found it to be a good experience many times, but other times just seeming …
Magna Doodle Salvation
Did you grow up playing with a Magna Doodle? My kids have one and I love the thing. It’s a massive step up from the Etch-a-Sketch that I played with as a kid. Back then, we had to rely on two massive white knobs to create drawings with. It was really hard to draw circles …
Revealing?: reflections on Willow’s “Follow Me”
I’ve finally taken the chance to review the second book associated with Willow Creek’s Reveal study entitled Follow Me. Better late than never, they say, so I'm sending off some of my reflections here at the blog. Building off of the research from Reveal, this next part of the study looks at spiritual growth, what …
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Matthew Erickson 