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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "The Kingdom of God" by exploring the ways in which our citizenship in the kingdom interfaces with our earthly citizenship. I proposed that we need to live by the power of the Holy Spirit as exiles in and for the world, concluding with five practices …
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An old spiritual describes our life as Christians this way: I am a pilgrim and a stranger, traveling through this wearisome land, I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord, and it's not...not made by hands. It is an overused description to say that life is a journey. The reason this idea is …
As we celebrate the independence of our nation, here are four thoughts that we would do well to consider as believers in the United States. Remember: When we come to July 4th, we remember. We remember our history as a nation; we remember sacrifices given over time; we remember who we are as Americans. The …
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This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we begin a new sermon series entitled "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith." What does it mean to live our faith out in the midst of a foreign land? How do we image what it means to be followers of God when the imagination of our culture is bent? Daniel …
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Here is the prayer that I concluded my message with this past weekend at Eastbrook. I wrote this prayer as a way to reflect and weave together themes we have experienced throughout this series, Ascend. Eternal God, guide us who live as exiles and strangers upon the time-bound paths of earth; in our trials and …
Matthew Erickson 