This Sunday, we begin a new series through the month of December at Eastbrook named "Looking for God." Our world is crying out for God, and looking for Him wherever they can. This contemporary longing for God echoes the Hebrew people's longing for a Messiah, seen particularly in the prophet Isaiah: The people walking in …
2 Neglected Topics in Today’s Church?
This morning at Eastbrook, Marc made a provocative statement that I have been thinking about all day. He said that the church today in America has neglected two topics in our practice: evangelism and prayer. What do you think?
Living Like the Community We Are
Here are five suggestions toward living like the community we are as the church that I mentioned in my sermon this past week. If God has created us as a new sort of revolutionary community, then we need to inch toward that reality in our local churches. What would you add to this list? Stop …
Ephesus: One New Man-One New Community (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend in our "Light for the City" series. This message focused on Ephesians 2:11-22. Discussion Questions: 1. The foundation for the discussion of the sermon is an understanding of sin and salvation. Genesis 1-3 conveys the picture of humanity’s original ‘right-ness’ …
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Ephesus: One New Man-One New Community
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series “Light for the City” with a message entitled "One New Man-One New Community." This message explored Ephesians 2:11-22 where Paul describes the new community that God has created in Jesus Christ from both Jews and Gentiles. I organized the message around five points: Sin and …
Matthew Erickson 