This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our series on 1 Thessalonians entitled "Hope Rising: 1 Thessalonians for Today." This fourth week of the series I preached from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 on how belief that God holds the future brings hope into the way we live with God now. You can find the message outline …
Holy Hope
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our series on 1 Thessalonians entitled "Hope Rising: 1 Thessalonians for Today." This third week of the series I preached from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 on how the sacred fire of holy hope shapes the way we live our everyday lives. You can find the message outline and video …
N. T. Wright on Jesus’ Second Coming
I've been studying for a message I'm giving this Saturday morning on "Christ our Coming King" for Eastbrook's monthly men's breakfast. I came across this quotation from N. T. Wright in his book Surprised by Hope, that captures so much in such a small space that I couldn't help but share it. What we have here, …
Matthew Erickson 