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Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend entitled "Wonder Working God" from our series, "Expecting a Miracle." Discussion Questions: Nearly everyone has some interesting Christmas memories. What was one of your most eventful Christmas holidays ever and why? When the Israelite people called out to God, He sent Moses …
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This weekend at Eastbrook Church, we continued our series "Expecting a Miracle" with a message entitled "Wonder Working God." This message was an exploration of the miraculous events and plagues brought upon Egypt by God in order to bring the Israelites to freedom in the exodus, as recorded in Exodus 7-12. In one part of …
Last week, some of our staff at Eastbrook Church spent time reflecting on diversity, multi-ethnicity, and the international perspective within God's plans for His people within the Scripture. We read some portions of the Bible aloud, then reflected together on what we were seeing there. What follows are the unedited notes from that time together.Isaiah …
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Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend entitled "When You Face a Mountain" from our series, "Expecting a Miracle." Discussion Questions: 1. This season of Advent prepares us for Christmas with anticipation for the appearing of Christ, both as Messiah two-thousand years ago and the returning king in the future. What are you …
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As we continued our series, "Expecting a Miracle," this weekend at Eastbrook Church, I preached a message entitled "When You Face a Mountain." The message drew on various texts from Exodus 1-6, built around the metaphor of journeying up the mountains of opposition. My central theme was that with God our mountains of opposition open into …
Matthew Erickson 