I continued our "Faith Life" series this weekend at Eastbrook Church by looking at how impatience can lead us to take matters into our own hands. In Genesis 16, Abraham and Sarah struggle with their desire to make God's promises become a reality by coming up with their own plans. Unfortunately, it leads to a cascading series of problems. Still, …
The Commitment of God (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "The Commitment of God," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This was the fourth part of our series "Faith Life." Discussion Questions: When did you experience someone going above and beyond your expectations of how they would support, help or love you? This week’s study takes us into a …
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The Commitment of God
We have all seen or heard about dramatic commitments between people, but what happens when God commits to us as people? This weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our "Faith Life" series by looking at the commitment of God to Abraham in Genesis 15. Of course, the question we have to ask is: 'what does God's commitment to …
Generous Faith
What happens when we really get a sense of God's grace in our lives? It changes us and how we relate to others. This weekend at Eastbrook Church we explored how God's unstoppable grace leads us into a generous faith in the third part our series, "Faith Life." This series is a journey around themes of faith from …
Share Your Story
My message this past weekend at Eastbrook was in part a celebration of God's grace interwoven into the midst of our lives, including our failure. I want to encourage you to respond to this theme by reflecting on how God has been faithful in your life, and to celebrate that by writing it down or sharing …
Matthew Erickson 