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Here is the latest "Behind the Sermon" episode from our sermon podcast related to my message from this past Sunday at Eastbrook Church entitled "Jesus the Perfect High Priest." We had some really great questions on this episode, ranging from the difference between saying "Hebrew Bible" and "Old Testament," why we need a mediator to …
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We're trying something new at Eastbrook as part of our sermon series during Lent, "Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus." It's something new that we've talked about for a while as a staff, but never really gotten around to, but we're doing a test-run with it during this series. "What is it?", you may …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled “Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus.” This Lent we will explore key themes related to the life and ministry of Jesus as seen in the Old Testament book of Leviticus. This also begins our Lenten devotional journey, written by the Eastbrook …
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Every year on this day set aside for celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., I make time to listen to or read his famous "I Have a Dream Speech." I encourage you today to read or watch the roughly seventeen-minute speech that King gave over fifty years ago. He articulates a …
This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled “Authentic Faith: Growing with James the Apostle.” This series explores the New Testament letter of James which touches on many aspects of the life with God and with others. Here are the week-by-week schedule for this series: January 5 - "When Trouble …
Matthew Erickson 