Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend is our ministry kick-off, baptisms at the lakefront after services, and the beginning of a new preaching series, "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." Here is a prayer for this Sunday from The …
“The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus” – a new series at Eastbrook Church
This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new four-week preaching series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." This series explores four stories from the book of Acts about discipleship. Each person we will study exemplifies different stages of our journey of faith. We will explore what we can learn …
“Come, Follow Me” – a prayer poem
Inspired by Matthew 4:18-25 Come, follow Me—all you at work and at rest,all you burdened with responsibilityall you with no sense of direction. Come, follow Me—all you living in another's shadowand all you trying to prove something,all you who belong and all you on the outside. Come, follow Me—all you sick with diverse diseasesand all …
Leaving the Crowd to Follow Jesus
"When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake." Matthew 8:18 One of the recurring themes in the Gospel of Matthew is the distinction between the disciples and the crowd. The Sermon on the Mount occurs when Jesus sees the crowd, retreats from them to …
Dallas Willard on “What a Disciple Is”
Dallas Willard is without a doubt one of the most important thinkers and writers of recent time on the Sermon on the Mount and the nature of discipleship. When working on my most recent message, "Real Response: receiving the invitation of Jesus," as well as the entire series, "Becoming Real: The Sermon on the Mount," …
Matthew Erickson 