This past weekend at Eastbrook, I concluded our series on 1 Thessalonians entitled "Hope Rising: 1 Thessalonians for Today." This fifth and final week of the series I preached from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 on joining the melody of God's hope in Jesus Christ with the variations of living response. You can find the message outline …
Future Hope
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 …
Hope Together
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series on 1 Thessalonians entitled "Hope Rising: 1 Thessalonians for Today." This second week of the series, Greg Marshall preached from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-3:13 on how hope lives within the sense of community between the Apostle Paul and the Thessalonians believers. You can find the message outline …
Is Spiritual Conflict Real?: guidance from the Apostle Paul
In Matthew 12:22-37 Jesus is accused of exorcising demons by the power of Satan. The entire episode raises an important question: is spiritual conflict, or spiritual warfare, real? The Apostle Paul addresses that pretty directly in the last chapter of the book of Ephesians, where he closes out the letter by writing these words: "Finally, …
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