This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I spoke about "Beginning to Live with Love." Here is a list of practical suggestions I'd like to offer on how we can put love into action: Ask God to reveal a material need in the life of someone around you, and then respond by meeting that need no …
||40days|| week four: listen in the other
One of the greatest challenges for any parent is trying to communicate with a child. With young children, there are times when you have to sit them down, make sure they have steady eye contact, and then slowly speak your points. After that, you may ask the question, "Do you understand what I am saying?" …
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Devoted to One Another
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our "Living Church" series with a message entitled "Devoted to One Another." If we are going to be a church that is alive - a church living out our calling as the people of God - then we must be devoted to one another. You can listen to …
Living Like the Community We Are
Here are five suggestions toward living like the community we are as the church that I mentioned in my sermon this past week. If God has created us as a new sort of revolutionary community, then we need to inch toward that reality in our local churches. What would you add to this list? Stop …
Ephesus: One New Man-One New Community (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend in our "Light for the City" series. This message focused on Ephesians 2:11-22. Discussion Questions: 1. The foundation for the discussion of the sermon is an understanding of sin and salvation. Genesis 1-3 conveys the picture of humanity’s original ‘right-ness’ …
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Matthew Erickson 