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What does faith-filled prayer look like? That was the central question I set out to answer this past weekend as I continued our "Faith Life" series at Eastbrook Church. Drawing upon Genesis 18:16-33, I outlined five types of faith-filled prayer that we see in this wonderfully entrancing dialogue between God and Abraham. You can watch the video …
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Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Human Means for Divine End," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This was the fifth part of our series "Faith Life." Discussion Questions: What was one of the most confusing situations of your life? How did your faith in God shape your response to that situation? This week, we …
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I continued our "Faith Life" series this weekend at Eastbrook Church by looking at how impatience can lead us to take matters into our own hands. In Genesis 16, Abraham and Sarah struggle with their desire to make God's promises become a reality by coming up with their own plans. Unfortunately, it leads to a cascading series of problems. Still, …
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "The Commitment of God," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This was the fourth part of our series "Faith Life." Discussion Questions: When did you experience someone going above and beyond your expectations of how they would support, help or love you? This week’s study takes us into a …
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We have all seen or heard about dramatic commitments between people, but what happens when God commits to us as people? This weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our "Faith Life" series by looking at the commitment of God to Abraham in Genesis 15. Of course, the question we have to ask is: 'what does God's commitment to …
Matthew Erickson 