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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Ordinary People in God's Extraordinary Work." This series is the second of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall, including “Essential Church” and “Jesus, King of the Nations.” This week in the series I looked at an episode in the life …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled “Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary Work." This series is the second of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall at Eastbrook, including two other series “Essential Church” and "Jesus, King of the Nations." In "Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary …
One of the greatest challenges for all of us is the reality that we have blind spots in our lives. The concept of the blind spot is probably best known from driving a vehicle. Those of us who took driving classes probably remember the explanation of that space between your peripheral vision and the reflected …
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I continued our series on prayer, "Great Prayers of the Bible", at Eastbrook Church this past weekend by looking at four themes on prayer from the early church in the book of Acts. I try not have a romanticized view of the early church that leads into an impulse to "recover the true church." However, I …
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Matthew Erickson 