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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Will Branch preached a message entitled, "The Community of Repair," which was based in Nehemiah 3. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Pastor Jim Caler preached a message entitled, "The Realities of Necessary Rebuilding," which was based in Nehemiah 2:11-18. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire …
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When Jesus proclaims that “the kingdom of God has come near” (Mark 1:15), He draws upon a powerful idea that pervades the Hebrew Scriptures and history. There was an expectation in the Hebrew Scriptures that God’s kingdom would catastrophically break into the world. The Scriptures described a figure—the Messiah or Son of Man—who would inaugurate …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." I preached the third message of the series entitled, "Approaching Authority with Need," which was based in Nehemiah 2:1-10. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the …
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In my message this past weekend on Paul in Athens, I mentioned the idea that we need to hold purity and proximity in tension. This is really an outworking of the ideas found in Jesus' final prayer before His crucifixion in John: My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but …
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Matthew Erickson 