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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new preaching series "The Skeptic's Guide to Life with God: Ecclesiastes." Pastor Dan Ryan preached a message entitled “The Gift of Doubt” from Ecclesiastes 2. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "The Skeptic’s Guide to Life with God: Ecclesiastes." This series explores themes within the book of Ecclesiastes as a way to approach hard topics we often avoid in life. It is easier to avoid these topics, but the writer of Ecclesiastes will …
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas; Oil on canvas; 1601-02. One of the most memorable stories after Jesus' resurrection is His appearances to the disciples in the upper room. There we encounter the Apostle Thomas' hunger to see Jesus for himself after somehow missing out on Jesus' post-resurrection appearance to the other disciples. …
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As we continued our celebration of Jesus' resurrection at Eastbrook Church, I continued the themes of our series "The Good News of Jesus." This second weekend, we explored four post-resurrection appearances of Jesus to Mary, the disciples as a group, Thomas, and Peter in John 20:11-21:25. Each of these stories gives us insight into the …
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Matthew Erickson 