This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our new preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", by looking at a strange episode in Matthew 14:1-13 on the death of John the Baptist at the hands of Herod Antipas. This passage has import for revealing Jesus' identity and also gives us insight into the life …
Eastbrook at Home – September 19, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Who Do You Say I Am?," as I preach on the death of John the Baptist at the hands of Herod Antipas in connection with Jesus' rising ministry in Galilee from Matthew 14:1-13. We …
St. John of the Cross, “Living Flame of Love” [Poetry for Ordinary Time]
I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
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What Questions Are We Asking of Jesus?
“Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” (Matthew 13:54b-56) There are different types of questions. …
Missing Jesus
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I began a new preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?" by looking at a little episode at the end of Matthew, chapter 13, on Jesus' visit home to Nazareth and the response He receives from people there. This leads us into a little exploration of the questions we …
Matthew Erickson 