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This past Sunday in my message, "The Unknown Hour," I made a side comment about verses 40-41 and the rapture. The verses are: "Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left." …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new series entitled "The Beginning of the End." This series explores the resurrection of Jesus in tandem with some of Jesus’ teaching about the fall of Jerusalem and the end of all time.This weekend I preached out of the second half of Matthew 24, verses 36-51, where …
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our celebration of Jesus' Resurrection and our series on the Gospel of Matthew entitled "The Beginning of the End." Here is a prayer for the third Sunday of Easter from The Book of Common …
Over the past month I have been reading Henri Nouwen's book The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom. This is one of Nouwen's most personal books, taken from his journals during a time of great challenge and even depression in his life. I really appreciated the entire book, which struck a …
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This past Monday night for our quarterly Leadership Community gathering at Eastbrook Church, I led us in an interactive seminar on learning to pray with the psalms. A few people asked if I could upload the slide deck from the night, so I'm including that as a PDF here. opening-the-book-on-prayer-4-25-2022-Download I led us in three …
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Matthew Erickson 