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I had the privilege to write an article on preaching in Advent for Preaching Today, which was just recently released. You can read the entire article, "Recovering the Wonder of Advent: Four pathways for preaching in Advent," at Preaching Today, but here's a taste of what you will find there. In my childhood, one of the greatest …
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I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church This weekend, I turned our attention to the first chapter of God's Good Story: Creation. The message draws upon many Scripture passages, but finds its footing in Genesis 1 and 2. My main point was basically …
This past weekend at at Eastbrook Church we began a new, five-week series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality." This first weekend in the series is an introduction to the themes of embodied sexuality, with attention to some ground rules for approaching this discussion and the framework for the series. You can watch …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began our annual MissionsFest. As we celebrate God's faithfulness to us as a church for forty years, we are hearing from two of our long-term, international ministry partners on the theme of "Hard Places." This first weekend, Rev. Yousef Hashweh from Amman, Jordan, spoke to us from the …
This past weekend at at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series, "Roots," on certain non-negotiable characteristics of the church, and Eastbrook Church in particular as we celebrate 40 years. This final weekend took us into an exploration of worship based in Psalm 96:9. I admit that I still love the way that the King …
Matthew Erickson 