This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series entitled "Thankful." The message, "Hands," was based out of John 6:1-15, which is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 from a small child's meager lunch. I built the sermon around the question, "what do you have in your hands?" The outline for the message is …
Thankful Heart
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I kicked off a new series entitled "Thankful." While there are a lot of things we may be thankful for, I wanted to set the tone for deeper thankfulness by looking at the character and activity of God. The message was based out of Psalm 107, which begins with those …
Thankful
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church, we will start a new series entitled, "Thankful." As we prepare for Thanksgiving, it is good for us to remember and reflect on how much God has done in our lives. He is the God who saves us, transforms us, provides for us, and renews us. Because of this, we …
Lukewarm in Laodicea
We concluded our series "Revealed" on the seven letters to the churches of Asia Minor from Revelation 1-3 this weekend at Eastbrook Church. This weekend's message was a study of the church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22. I reflected on the lukewarm faith of the church, reflecting on what that might mean in our lives and …
Faithful in Philadelphia
I continued our series, "Revealed," this weekend at Eastbrook Church by looking at the letter to the church in Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13). I built this message, "Faithful in Philadelphia," around the metaphor of open doors that God put before the church in Philadelphia that also apply to us today. You can listen to my message at the …
Matthew Erickson 