This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our series entitled "The Beginning of the End," as well as our entire year and a half journey through the Gospel of Matthew. This series explores the resurrection of Jesus in tandem with some of Jesus’ teaching about the fall of Jerusalem and the end of all time. …
Why Tension is Vital as People of the Kingdom: the mission of the wheat in the weeds
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest.’” (Matthew 13:28-30) In His parable of the wheat and the weeds, Jesus makes it clear that the intermixing …
The Holy Spirit in Us: Living in the Kingdom of God Now
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "The Kingdom of God." This first two weeks of the series I explored the theme of the kingdom of God through the Old Testament and New Testament. This week , I walked through three main aspects of living in the kingdom of God: personally living …
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Prayer as Power for Mission with God (Romans 15:23-33)
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I concluded our series "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." After looking at Ephesians 3:14-21 on praying our way into God's power and love and Colossians 1:9-14 on how prayer shapes our souls, this weekend I explored Romans 15:23-33 on how prayer connects with our mission …
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Next Steps After MissionsFest 2018
In response to our MissionsFest focused on multiplication with messages from me and Dr. Paul 'Bobby' Gupta, I mentioned four words that I think are helpful for us in applying what we have learned this past week. Befriending: Become friends with those around us, inviting them into our lives and homes that they might come to know …
Matthew Erickson 