As we journey through a series on the kingdom of God at Eastbrook, I encountered these word by St. Augustine of Hippo from a sermon on the Lord's Prayer in the Gospel of Matthew. I appreciated the way that Augustine reflects on the kingdom of our lives in relation to God's kingdom. Your kingdom come. …
What Does It Mean to Live in the Kingdom of God?
Near the end of his magnificent letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul calls early believers to live fixed on the most important things, not superficial things such as what we eat or don’t eat, what we drink or don’t drink, but true life in the kingdom. This is how Paul describes the Christian life …
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Stories Like This About Prayer Catch My Attention
Stories like this about prayer catch my attention and make me consider my own approach to prayer, my faith, and what it means to believe God in prayer. Norman Harrison in His in a Life of Prayer tells how Charles Inglis, while making the voyage to America a number of years ago, learned from the …
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The Holy Spirit in Us: Living in the Kingdom of God Now
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "The Kingdom of God." This first two weeks of the series I explored the theme of the kingdom of God through the Old Testament and New Testament. This week , I walked through three main aspects of living in the kingdom of God: personally living …
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Eastbrook at Home – September 20, 2020
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM as we continues our five-week series "The Kingdom of God." After the past two weekends where we explored the theme of the kingdom of God in the Old Testament and the New Testament, this weekend I explore what …
Matthew Erickson 