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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:2-3) If, as Paul writes in Ephesians 2, Christ is our peace, who has reconciled us to the Father, then the calling upon us as God's people is to …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series "Ephesians: A Crash Course in Basic Christianity," by looking at Ephesians 4:1-16 with the message: "A Crash Course in Church Growth." The message aims to recalibrate our understanding of what church growth is all about by focusing on the direction of growth outlined by the …
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This from Andrew T. Lincoln in his commentary on Ephesians, which is part of the Word Biblical Commentary series: So Christ's giving of gifts to the Church is to enable the Church to move toward its goals, and that movement is seen in terms of believers' growth toward Christ. In Paul's letters, believers' faith can …
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I began a two-part reflection on the nature of the church. My working title for this series is "The Multi-Everything Church," which is an outworking of our vision to become a Revelation 7:9-10 type of church with attention to some other aspects beyond multi-ethnicity. This weekend's message looks at the image …
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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Matthew Erickson 