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I mentioned Pastor Andrew Brunson in my pastoral prayer this weekend. Please join me in praying for him. Here is background on his situation via Open Doors' web-site. Arrested in October 2016 on false charges of being involved in an Islamic terrorist organization, Pastor Andrew Brunson remains in Turkey in an Izmir prison—persecuted for his Christian …
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Last night, we had the immense privilege of hosting an event at Eastbrook Church put on by the Milwaukee Declaration group entitled "A Wake Up Call to Live the Dream." It was an amazing multi-ethnic gathering of believers from congregations around the city and suburbs of Milwaukee. At the end of the night, we provided …
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Two friends from Eastbrook Church recently published a wonderful article, "From Captivity to Freedom," in The Living Church on the Yazidi community in Lincoln, Nebraska. I guarantee that you will be moved by the powerful words and photos by Asher Imtiaz and the poem by Mari Reitsma Chevako. This is a great follow-up to some of my …
As a follow-up to my message from this past weekend commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, "Faith and Grace," I wanted to post Martin Luther's actual Ninety-Five Theses here. Too often we do not read original sources of theological or historical works, relying instead on interpreter's reflections on those source works. So, why not take …
In her message, "God of the Displaced Ones," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, Jenny Yang went through a lot of notes on displaced people, including statistics, figures, quotes and more that I wanted to share here. A total of 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015. It is the first time …
Matthew Erickson 