This past weekend as I preached a message at Eastbrook Church on "Sacrificial Generosity," I spent quite a bit of time talking about simplicity. I believe that simplicity is the twin brother of generosity. Paul the Apostle writes: But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can …
Sacrificial Generosity
Continuing our "Roots" series this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I took us into an exploration of "Sacrificial Generosity." No one can read the description of the early church in Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:32-37 without being deeply moved and challenged. What was it in this early church experiment in Jerusalem that we can learn …
Roots: Looking Back and Reaching Forward
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Roots: Looking Back and Reaching Forward." This series is the second of a three-part series related to our 40th anniversary as a church, following on our series, "Power in Prayer." This is a series celebrating our legacy as a church, and …
Generous Faith
What happens when we really get a sense of God's grace in our lives? It changes us and how we relate to others. This weekend at Eastbrook Church we explored how God's unstoppable grace leads us into a generous faith in the third part our series, "Faith Life." This series is a journey around themes of faith from …
More
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series "Real Rich" with a message entitled "More." The message was an exploration from Genesis through Revelation around the question: How generous is God? The outline for the message is below. You can listen to the message online here or download it via the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also …
Matthew Erickson 