The imagination, so one definition says, is “the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.” With imagination, we see what is not visible to our physical eyes, hear what is audible but not in the moment, and consider what is not tangibly before …
Unshackled: Joy Beyond Circumstances
As we begin the new year, we also begin a new series this coming weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Unshackled: Joy Beyond Circumstances." In a world at odds with itself, how do followers of Christ live with irrepressible joy in God? In this six-week series we will journey through the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians …
Facing Trials
I continued our series, "Journey to the Cross," this weekend at Eastbrook Church as we looked at Jesus' trials before the Jewish and Roman authorities in Mark 14:53-65 and 15:1-15. My message was entitled "Facing Trials." My main focus centered around this idea: when Jesus was facing His trials, there was more than meets the eye …
Matthew Erickson 