This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I began our new series on the Ten Commandments entitled "Chiseled." The message was really an introduction on how we can see the Ten Commandments as God's words of life, love, and mission to God's people. I also spent time reflecting on how we should read the Ten Commandments as followers …
Chiseled
We begin a new series on the Ten Commandments this weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Chiseled." One of the key identity markers for God’s people is the Ten Commandments. When God called His people out of slavery from Egypt and into a new land of promise, God established a new covenant with them. This covenant was …
Working through Conflict in Relationships
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series "Made for It" with a message on working through conflict in relationships. Certainly we all deal with conflict in our relationships, whether friendships, work relationships, marriage, classmates or more. The outline and video for the message is below, along with the presentation slides that accompany it. You can …
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Marriage
I continued our series on relationships, "Made for It," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church with a message on marriage. I started the message in the creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2, then built from there into Paul's instructions for households in Ephesians 5, moved into some words about the role marriage has in God's mission, …
Friendship
I began our new series "Made for It" this weekend at Eastbrook Church with a message on friendship. I spent some time at the beginning of the message talking about how we are made in God's image as relational beings but our relationships are impacted by sin and evil. The centerpiece of the message, however, was …
Matthew Erickson 