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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began a ten-week series walking through the New Testament book of Ephesians, entitled "Ephesians: A Crash Course in Basic Christianity." Written by the Apostle Paul as a circular letter for young churches in Asia Minor, Ephesians covers the basics of our faith: God’s plans in Jesus for humanity, …
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Jesus said, “I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you” (John 17:20-21). Recently, we began a new series at Eastbrook entitled "One Church." This series is an invitation to celebrate unity …
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend in our "Light for the City" series. This message focused on Ephesians 2:11-22. Discussion Questions: 1. The foundation for the discussion of the sermon is an understanding of sin and salvation. Genesis 1-3 conveys the picture of humanity’s original ‘right-ness’ …
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This continues the post from yesterday "5 Practices to Jumpstart Your Family." Practice 4: Worship together on the weekend. Now it may seem unnecessary to even say this, but a practical way to encourage your children to know God is to come to worship in community every week. If you want your kids to learn …
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Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4 If there is one thing that should you do for your children it is this: help them to know God and become followers of Christ. That is the bottom line. This is an incredibly …
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Matthew Erickson 