Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we celebrate Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. We also will continue our Lenten series, "Scandalous Jesus," which traces Jesus' journey in Jerusalem from His triumphal entry to His crucifixion. Here is a prayer …
Calling Out with Longing to God :: Marc Chagall, “Hannah Prays to God”
Marc Chagall, Anne invoque l'Eternal, etching; France: 1931-39, 1952-56. Lent brings us face to face with our own sins and brokenness, but also with our deepest desires. We all long for things, but many times we are afraid to voice them aloud. One of the most moving stories of Scripture arises within a marriage bereft of …
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What is the Heart of the Spiritual Life with God?: Jesus’ guidance about what truly defiles
Jesus takes us beyond outward observation into the very heart of our lives. In Matthew 15, a special envoy of Pharisees from Jerusalem arrives to interrogate Jesus. But it is Jesus who confronts them about their confusion over what defiles and what the heart of true spirituality with God is all about. Jesus called the …
Two Contrasting Ways: The Pharisees and Jesus’ Disciples
In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 23, Jesus follows a series of attacking questions from religious leaders with a scorching critique of the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees. Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must …
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The Woes of the Religiously Misguided
Continuing our Lenten preaching series, "Scandalous Jesus," this past weekend at Eastbrook we traveled through Matthew 23. In this chapter-long discourse, Jesus sharply names casts deep shadows over the ways the teachers of the law and Pharisees have lost their way with God. This is no simple passage, however, but calls each of us to …
Matthew Erickson 