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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new series entitled "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." This first weekend in the series, I took us inside of Ephesians 3:14-21, one of Paul's notable prayers from this circular letter sent to churches in Ephesus and the surrounding area. I structured the message …
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All of us want to experience love. Sometimes this hunger for love looks like a longing for friendship. Sometimes our longing for love surfaces in the desire for intimacy. At other times, this hunger for love is as basic as the desire to belong somewhere with someone. Near the beginning of Genesis, in the account …
This past weekend I had the chance to speak at Elmbrook Church as part of their summer "Game Changer" series. Returning to Elmbrook is always a joy for me because my first full-time vocational ministry role was as Elmbrook's College Pastor with The Ave (2003-08). This series allows speakers to share Scriptural truths that were "game …
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“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” (Ephesians 3:20) Have you ever been so overwhelmed by a sunset that you felt you had to tell someone? Have you ever been so excited that you simply were …
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"What's love got to do with it?" "All you need is love!" "I wanna know what love is." "I will always love you." Any number of songs within our culture talk about the power of love in our lives. When we are loved we find a deeper meaning in our lives. Often, being loved and …
Matthew Erickson 