Matthias Grünewald, The Crucifixion ; oil on wood; 1515. Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness …
“The Message of the Cross” – a message from 1 Corinthians 1-2
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this second message of the series I explored the message of the Cross which Paul writes about in 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5. Here Paul declares "the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but …
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“A Unified Church in Divided Days” – a message from 1 Corinthians 1
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this first message of the series I explored what it means to live in unity in Christ from 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 with some background on 1 Corinthians and why it is applicable to our …
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Matthew Erickson 