This past weekend at Eastbrook, I stressed the importance of Christian worship being centered in the Trinity in my message "Worship in the Beauty of Holiness" in the concluding weekend of our series "Roots." There are some things in our faith that I would consider secondary, but the Trinity is not one of them. The …
Annie Dillard on Worship
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I preached about worship in a message entitled "Worship in the Beauty of Holiness." Whenever I think about worship, I always remember this striking quotation from Annie Dillard in her marvelous book, Teaching a Stone to Talk. On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible …
Worship in the Beauty of Holiness
This past weekend at at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series, "Roots," on certain non-negotiable characteristics of the church, and Eastbrook Church in particular as we celebrate 40 years. This final weekend took us into an exploration of worship based in Psalm 96:9. I admit that I still love the way that the King …
Roots: Looking Back and Reaching Forward
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Roots: Looking Back and Reaching Forward." This series is the second of a three-part series related to our 40th anniversary as a church, following on our series, "Power in Prayer." This is a series celebrating our legacy as a church, and …
Old Camel Knees: a brief reflection on the remarkable prayer life of James the Just
The fourth-century church historian, Eusebius, relates a story gathered from the lost works of Hegesippus during the second century about James "the Just," who likely wrote the epistle of James and was the earthly brother of Jesus. In the midst of outlining the persecution of the church in his Ecclesiastical History , Eusebius details the death of James …
Matthew Erickson 