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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new preaching series "The Skeptic's Guide to Life with God: Ecclesiastes." Pastor Dan Ryan preached a message entitled “The Gift of Doubt” from Ecclesiastes 2. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I began our new preaching series "The Skeptic's Guide to Life with God: Ecclesiastes" by preaching a message entitled “Is Life Meaningful or Meaningless?” from Ecclesiastes 1. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person or …
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An article I recently wrote was published this week at Preaching Today entitled "Preaching Like Jazz: Relaxing into the moment with the Holy Spirit’s movement of rhythm and grace." This article was probably one of the most enjoyable articles I have written in awhile, coming both out of my own musical interests and my work …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we had a sort of bonus week in our series "Growing in Faith: Exploring 2 Peter" with Pastor Ruth Carver preaching a message entitled “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love as You Wait” from the book of Jude. Jude has a lot of overlaps with 2 Peter, which makes this message …
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Yesterday at Eastbrook, I preached a Christmas message entitled "A New Day" as part of our Christmas Eve services. You can find view message here and read the preaching manuscript below. Merry Christmas! https://vimeo.com/897606389 I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Probably not. The town of roughly 4,200 people is off the …
Matthew Erickson 