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William Blake, The Angel Appearing to Zacharias, pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas; 1799-1800. an angel at the altarheaven's glory shatters earth's sanctitya voice indescribable yet understandablea promise of hope unimaginableconfusion for old Zechariah"our age – my wife – a baby – God – now?"his call and God's responseno utterance or …
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“My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.” (Luke 1:46-48) “Love is blind.” At least, that is how the saying goes. The phrase means that when love is in …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our journey of Advent and preaching series entitled "Canticles of Christmas" This second week of the series Kelly Erickson preached from Luke 1:46-55 on Mary's song of praise in light of Gabriel's announcement that we explored last week. You can find the message outline and video below. You …
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Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Annunciation; Oil on canvas; 1898.
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began our journey of Advent and a new series entitled "Canticles of Christmas" This first week of the series I preached from Luke 1:26-38 on the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary and her stunning response. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire …
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Matthew Erickson 