This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our three-week series entitled "Beginning to Live." Last week we talked about faith and this week's focus was on hope. My message focused on how Jesus' resurrection from the dead allows us to live with hope both about our current days and for eternity beyond our life. The basic outline …
Beginning to Live with Faith
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. It was a wonderful time of worship together through our four services. At the same time, we began a new three-week series entitled "Beginning to Live." My message for this past weekend focused on the resurrection and the new life we access by faith. …
Beginning to Live – ||40days|| completion
Jesus died but that was not the end. The apparent end was the beginning of new life. This day we celebrate the wonder of the resurrection. Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. This weekend at Eastbrook Church I gave a message entitled "Beginning to Live" about how the crucifixion and resurrection …
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Facing Trials
I continued our series, "Journey to the Cross," this weekend at Eastbrook Church as we looked at Jesus' trials before the Jewish and Roman authorities in Mark 14:53-65 and 15:1-15. My message was entitled "Facing Trials." My main focus centered around this idea: when Jesus was facing His trials, there was more than meets the eye …
Surrendered
This weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "Journey to the Cross," by looking at Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives in Mark 14:32-42. The message, entitled "Surrendered," drew out six observations about Jesus' time in Gethsemane with application to our own approach to human distress and suffering in our own lives. …
Matthew Erickson 