What does it mean to really live a life of faith in our everyday lives? How does it begin and how do we sustain that life? This weekend at Eastbrook Church we explored these questions in the first week of our series, "Faith Life." This series is a journey around themes of faith from the life of Abraham. …
Faith Life: a new series at Eastbrook Church
This weekend, September 13 & 14, we begin a new series at Eastbrook Church entitled "Faith Life." In this series, we will explore what it means to be a person of faith, looking at the life of Abraham and those around him as seen in Genesis 11-25. You can find out more about each week of this series …
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A Brief Response to the Critique of Christian Hope
Some critics of Christianity say that Christian hope is just wishful thinking. Some say that Christianity is just a pipe dream - an unattainable hope. Frederick Buechner, an author of numerous books about the spiritual life, addresses this in his own comments about Christianity and hope. He writes this in his book, Wishful Thinking: Christianity is …
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Instant Faith?
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I launched a new series called “Beginning to Live.” The focus of this past weekend was faith and so my blog posts this week are all about faith. Faith is something very challenging for us in our day. We live in a fast-paced culture intent on instant gratification. We …
Faith at 110 Stories – Philippe Petit [repost]
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I launched a new series called "Beginning to Live." The focus of this past weekend was faith and so my blog posts this week are all about faith. Here is one of my favorite stories that illustrates what faith looks like. In the early 1970s, Philippe Petit, a French …
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Matthew Erickson 