Today marks the beginning of our journey to the cross. At Eastbrook Church, we invite you to join with us in a day of fasting and prayer before a family-friendly worship service at 7 PM. For more info on fasting, read a series of posts I wrote here. Traditionally, this journey is known as Lent …
The Cost of Discipleship
I continued our series, "The Kingdom Life," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church by looking at two challenging teachings of Jesus on the cost of discipleship. As with the rest of this series, we are exploring key teachings of Jesus in light of the resurrection. This third message in the series, "The Cost of Discipleship," faces both the cost of not …
Three Last Words: a Good Friday message
This year our Good Friday service was structured around the three last words that Jesus speaks from the Cross in the Gospel of Luke: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43) “Father, into your …
Dirt: Beginning the Journey to the Cross
Here is the text of my message from our service last night at Eastbrook Church, beginning our Crossroads journey through Lent. I hope it is an encouragement to you as we begin the journey with Jesus to the Cross. In the book of Genesis, we are told that God “formed a man from the dust …
Broken to Heal: a Good Friday message
Here is the complete text from my Good Friday message given yesterday at Eastbrook Church. You can view the message here. The Apostle John, one of Jesus’ closest companions, begins his telling of Jesus’ life with profound words. John describes Jesus as the ‘Word of God’ – that perfect wisdom and revelation of God – who …
Matthew Erickson 