Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our sermon series during Lent, "The Tree and the Vine," from Psalm 1 and John 15. Here is a prayer for this Sunday, which is the fifth Sunday of Lent, from The Book of …
The Weekend Wanderer: 16 March 2024
"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Three Types of Pruning in the Spiritual Life
This past weekend at Eastbrook as part of our series, "The Tree and the Vine," I reflected on what it means to experience God's pruning in the spiritual life with a message entitled "The Pruned Life." I concluded that message with three types of pruning within the spiritual life. I'm sharing the basic notes on …
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Ten Questions to Assess Your Spiritual Growth
There are many different means for evaluating our spiritual growth. Recently I have been looking over a lot of different approaches to spiritual growth and discipleship both for our current series, "The Tree and the Vine," as well as for some work we are doing as a staff on discipleship. Donald Whitney, author and Associate …
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“The Pruned Life” – a message from John 15:1-2
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series during Lent entitled "The Tree and the Vine," drawing from Psalm 1 and John 15. In this fourth message of the series I explored John 15:1-2, giving attention to what it means to be pruned by God the Master Gardener. You can find the message …
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Matthew Erickson 