This weekend at Eastbrook Church we begin our annual missions festival Multiply: MissionsFest 2018. Our theme comes from the words of the prophet Habakkuk: For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14) Let me invite you to join us in our …
Faith Speaking Truth to Power [Daniel 4]
As we continued our series on the book of Daniel this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I turned our attention to chapter 4, where Daniel interprets another of King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams. This is an interesting passage, and has been debated in its historicity. In the Dead Sea Scrolls the "Prayer of Nabonidus" (4Q242) echoes this chapter, …
Faith in the Fire [Daniel 3]
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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Matthew Erickson 