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Here is a post I co-wrote with my friend Chris Brooks around the events with Ferguson that I think is just as relevant in the midst of recent events here in Milwaukee. As one person from the community told me last night when we were praying and talking in Sherman Park: "the bridge to the church is …
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After my message this past weekend at Eastbrook, where I offered some final comments about the current response to refugees in the States, I had some conversations with people about how we resettle refugees and whether it is 'safe' to do so given what happened in Paris. This is something we should take seriously. It …
This week we focus on praying for the persecuted church. Perhaps you could take 3 minutes to watch this video from the World Evangelical Alliance highlighting the plight of religious persecution and the opportunity of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
There is a beautifully striking painting by Vincent van Gogh entitled "The Red Vineyard." This painting was the only official purchase of a van Gogh painting within the artist's lifetime. Building on the work of Millet before him, van Gogh paints a group of common peasants working diligently in the vineyard, bathed in the warm …
On Monday, January 26, 2015, Eastbrook Church was honored to host Bishop Walter Harvey of Parklawn Assembly of God for a conversation and time of prayer on the topic of race and the Gospel here in the city of Milwaukee. We opened a lot of points of discussion, did not address everything, perhaps raised more questions …
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Matthew Erickson 