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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Living the Creed: Connecting Life and Faith in the Apostles’ Creed." This series walks through the Apostles Creed as a basic summary of our faith but also as a way to live our faith out with God in the world. Each weekend of this …
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So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the …
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we continued our series, "Free: A Study on Galatians," by looking at the promise God gave us based out of Galatians 3:1-29. Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Receiving the Promise," which is the third part of our series. Discussion Questions: This weekend we continue our series, “Free,” by delving into …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series "Free," by looking at Galatians 3. In my message, I talked about the promise given by God and how it shapes our individual lives and relationships with others. You can view a video of the message and the accompanying outline below. You can listen to the message via our …
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I began our new series on the Ten Commandments entitled "Chiseled." The message was really an introduction on how we can see the Ten Commandments as God's words of life, love, and mission to God's people. I also spent time reflecting on how we should read the Ten Commandments as followers …
Matthew Erickson 