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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled "The Pursuit of God: The Life of David." This weekend I began the series with a message entitled "The Pursuit of God, " which was my attempt to set up the series and also preach from 1 Samuel 16 about David's anointing. You …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians" by looking at the second half of chapter 15, verses 35-58. Pastor Ruth Carver preached this message entitled "Resurrection Matters, part 2," which follows upon my message last weekend, "Resurrection Matters, part 1." You can find …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians" by looking at the first 34 verses of chapter 15 with a message entitled "Resurrection Matters, part 1." We will continue the second half of this chapter next week. You can find the message outline and …
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When I draw near to the end of a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. I started doing this because people would ask me what sort of resources I leaned upon for a series or wanted to dig deeper into a specific topic. Here is the …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians" by looking at chapter 14 with a message entitled "Worship That Makes Sense." Chapter 14 concludes a subsection of 1 Corinthians that stretches from chapter 11 through chapter 14, which focuses on the gathered community at …
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Matthew Erickson 