Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We also continue our preaching series, "The Messiah's Mission," as Pastor Jim Caler preaches from Matthew 11:2-19 on the relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist. This series continues our extended journey through the Gospel of Matthew, which …
Denise Levertov, “Living” [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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Cruciform Priorities: Living Like Apostles Today
"Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven. Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." (Matthew 10:32-34) Jesus …
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Living with the Right Kind of Fear
"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28) What are you afraid of? For me, one of my main fears over the years was the fear of heights. For years I …
The Messiah Sends, part 2
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our series entitled "The Messiah's Mission," by looking at Matthew 10:26-11:1. This is the second part of Jesus' commissioning discourse which followed His calling of the twelve apostles. You may want to take a look at Nic Fridenmaker's message from last week, which explores the first part of …
Matthew Erickson 