An article I recently wrote was published this week at Preaching Today entitled "Spiritual Formed Preachers: How to bring spiritual formation into your entire sermon process." This goal has been one of the driving forces in my preaching but sometimes has been an elusive aim. I tried to put some of my thoughts into this …
Discipleship: notes toward intentionality
The following notes are from a message I gave to our Leadership Community at Eastbrook Church on August 12 as we launch into a more intentional focus on discipleship as a church in this current ministry year. Some of the thoughts are specific to our church, but I felt like a lot of the data …
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“Growing and Growing” – a message on discipleship from Acts 4
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." Pastor Jim Caler preached this fourth and final message of the series entitled "Growing and Growing." In this message Jim reflected on the life of the early church as recorded in Acts 4. You can find …
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Eastbrook at Home – October 1, 2023
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we conclude our preaching series, "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." This is also a communion Sunday at Eastbrook. Here is a prayer for this Sunday from The Book of Common Prayer: O …
“Beginnings of Transformation” – a message on discipleship from Acts 2
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." I preached this third message of the series entitled "Beginnings of Transformation." In this message I walked through the story of Pentecost in Acts 2, including Peter's message and the ensuing life of the early church …
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Matthew Erickson 