This past Sunday at Eastbrook Church we began a new preaching series entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Whether it’s that flat tire while driving, a broken-down roof, or larger aspects of our families, cities, or world, many things wear down or break. How do we engage our lives or world when …
Turning the World Upside Down
When I was a fairly new Christian, someone described the early church as a group that turned the world upside down. I don't remember who that was or when I heard it, but the speaker's point was that the early church really made things happen for God in the world. The idea enamored me, but …
The Church: A Multi-Ethnic, Kingdom-Oriented Community
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued a two-part reflection on the nature of the church. My working title for this series is "The Multi-Everything Church," which is an outworking of our vision to become a Revelation 7:9-10 type of church with attention to some other aspects beyond multi-ethnicity. Following last weekend's message on the …
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Matthew Erickson 