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During Lent at Eastbrook Church, we are exploring how our hungers lead us to God in order to find true rest for our souls. The series, "Hungry for God," parallels the season of Lent, and has a companion daily devotional that you can access here. This weekend I explored the hunger for greatness by looking …
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St. Augustine of Hippo famously wrote near the beginning of Confessions: "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began a series that explores how our hungers lead us to God to find true rest for our souls. The series, "Hungry …
In continuing our series, "Name Above All Names," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I looked at one of Jesus' most unique titles in all of Scripture: Word of God. The word logos in Greek has deep roots in Hellenistic philosophical thought, but the majority of scholars agree that the most likely background here is in Jewish …
As we continued our series, "Name Above All Names," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I looked at one of Jesus' most revered titles: Son of God. With roots in the promises to Abraham and David, Jesus' identity as the Son of God stretches all the way before Creation and speaks of His unique relationship with …
We continued our series on the titles of Jesus, "Name Above All Names," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church by exploring Jesus as the Son of Man. While it is one of the most misunderstood and forgotten titles of Jesus, it has a special place in the way that Jesus understood Himself. In fact, "Son of Man" is …
Matthew Erickson 