Walking out of prison is not something you do. Even with all of the mystique of stories about prison escapes, when it comes right down to it, prisons are places you go to but don't get out of by your own will or effort. But what if someone sets you free? In this fifth week …
||40days|| week five: follow
With all the talk in social media about how many followers you have, it is easy to lose sight of what it really means to follow someone. This season of Lent, which we are marking with our ||40days|| journey, is really all about following Jesus. So this fifth week we take the next step after acknowledging, …
Three Disciples
We are in the midst of a three-week series here at Eastbrook Church called "Three Disciples." It brings focus to those three apostles who were closest to Jesus: Peter, John and James. The goal of the series is to take a biographical look at these disciples in order to see what it looks like for …
To Whom Shall We Go?
Recently, I was reading from John's Gospel, chapter 6. It is an action-packed portions of Scripture. To kick things off, Jesus feeds a group of at least 5,000 people by dividing up 5 barley loaves and 2 fish. The people are so eager after Jesus' miraculous feeding that they are ready to start a revolution …
“Follow”: My Last Message at Brooklife
Two Sundays ago, August 22, was my last Sunday at Brooklife Church. I gave a message entitled "Follow" that expressed some things that God has been speaking to me over the past 6-9 months. I looked at Matthew 4:18-22, where Jesus calls the first disciples to follow Him. My main points were built around three …
Matthew Erickson 