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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began 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, including “Essential Church” and “Jesus, King of the Nations.” This week in the series I looked at the life and martyrdom …
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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 …
This past weekend in my message, "Seeking Understanding," I spent most of the sermon exploring ways in which the Ethiopian eunuch grew in his own journey with God through Philip's influence. Near the end of the message, I touched briefly on how Philip's life of discipleship was marked by saying "yes" to God again and …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." I preached this second message of the series entitled "Seeking Understanding," which explored Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch as recorded in Acts 8:26-39. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access …
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This post continues my reflections on Eugene Peterson’s book Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity, which began as an attempt to honor Peterson's influence upon me while also reconsidering the essential aspects of pastoral ministry that Peterson affirms. The book explores what he calls the holy trigonometry of pastoral ministry, built around three angles of ministry: …
Matthew Erickson 