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LORD, bring me into the spacious life of Your presence: a prayer
"He said to them, 'Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.'" (Matthew 13:52) "Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." (Colossians 2:2b-3) …
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Choosing Wise Guides for the Spiritual Life
In The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, we learn of a powerful enchanted ring threatening the collective peoples of Middle Earth. After the ring’s discovery, representatives of various peoples eventually agree it must be destroyed by traversing torturous difficulties to cast it into the fiery …
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“Living Free, Living Bound” – a message from 1 Corinthians 9
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 9:1-23, I explored Paul's theme of forgoing our rights in Christian freedom in order to live for the good of others and God's glory. Paul begins this theme in the …
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Eastbrook at Home – June 23, 2024
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our preaching series entitled “God’s Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians.” Here is a prayer for the fifth Sunday after Pentecost from The Book of Common Prayer: Lord of all power and might, …
Matthew Erickson 