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Dear friends, This week I begin a three-month pastoral sabbatical (September 1-December 1, 2024) after serving at Eastbrook for fourteen years. I am entering into this sabbatical with great anticipation of drawing near to the Lord in prayer and solitude, making use of some resources for spiritual retreat and mentorship, as well as looking forward …
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This quotation is taken from Jerome's commentary on Galatians, chapter 6, verse 10: The blessed John the Evangelist lived in Ephesus until extreme old age. His disciples could barely carry him to church and he could not muster the voice to speak many words. During individual gatherings he usually said nothing but, “Little children, love …
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) There is one stream of scientific thought that has sought to reduce human beings to mere biological or chemical elements. In the midst …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians" by looking at the second half of chapter 15, verses 35-58. Pastor Ruth Carver preached this message entitled "Resurrection Matters, part 2," which follows upon my message last weekend, "Resurrection Matters, part 1." You can find …
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Matthew Erickson 