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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our new series walking through the New Testament book of Ephesians, entitled "Ephesians: A Crash Course in Basic Christianity." This weekend, I continued with the second half of chapter 1, which offers us a "Crash Course in Knowing Christ." This is really a prayer of Paul that …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began a ten-week series walking through the New Testament book of Ephesians, entitled "Ephesians: A Crash Course in Basic Christianity." Written by the Apostle Paul as a circular letter for young churches in Asia Minor, Ephesians covers the basics of our faith: God’s plans in Jesus for humanity, …
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As I concluded our series, "Will You Be My Neighbor?", this past weekend at Eastbrook, I took a practical look at how John 8:12 and Matthew 5:14 fit together in our faith and practice. In these two verse, a theme of light from God shining through Jesus and His people come together, yet in different …
This weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new 4-week series entitled "Will You Be My Neighbor?" This series is an extended reflection on how Jesus' call to love God and love our neighbor works its way out into the ordinary context of our neighborhoods. I began the series this weekend by looking at the call …
Here is my message, "The Painful Gift of Forgiveness," from this past Good Friday at Eastbrook Church. The message is an extended reflection on the depths of Jesus' words from the Cross: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. (Luke 23:34) https://vimeo.com/331863607
Matthew Erickson 