This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our sermon series on the book of Daniel entitled "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith." This first weekend, "Faith in Exile," offered me the chance to introduce the book of Daniel, while this weekend I focused on the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnace …
Faith in Exile [Daniel 1]
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I began a new sermon series on the book of Daniel entitled "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith." This first weekend offered me the chance to introduce the book of Daniel, while also giving attention to the predicament of Daniel, as well as his friends in exile, as they navigate …
Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we begin a new sermon series entitled "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith." What does it mean to live our faith out in the midst of a foreign land? How do we image what it means to be followers of God when the imagination of our culture is bent? Daniel …
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The Church: A Multi-Ethnic, Kingdom-Oriented Community
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued a two-part reflection on the nature of the church. My working title for this series is "The Multi-Everything Church," which is an outworking of our vision to become a Revelation 7:9-10 type of church with attention to some other aspects beyond multi-ethnicity. Following last weekend's message on the …
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The Church: An Intergenerational Family
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I began a two-part reflection on the nature of the church. My working title for this series is "The Multi-Everything Church," which is an outworking of our vision to become a Revelation 7:9-10 type of church with attention to some other aspects beyond multi-ethnicity. This weekend's message looks at the image …
Matthew Erickson 