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When I conclude a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. Here is the bibliography for our recent series, "Fractured." Bibliography for “Fractured (Genesis, part 2)” T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, editors. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downers Grove, IL: …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our preaching series, "Fractured," drawn from Genesis 4-11 even as we celebrated Palm Sunday. This is the second part of a two-part series on Genesis 1-11 that paralleled our Lenten journey. You can access the first part of this series on Genesis, "In the Beginning," here. This sixth …
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Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we conclude our preaching series entitled "Fractured" based on Genesis, chapters 4-11, by exploring the confusion amongst the nations as epitomized in the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. Here is a prayer …
This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Fractured." This will be the second of a two-part series on Genesis, chapters 1-11. This series explores Genesis 4-11, picking up where our earlier series, "In the Beginning," left off. Genesis is a book of beginnings, setting the stage for all that …
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Pieter Bruegel, De bouw van de toren van Babel; oil on panel; 1563. Sin and temptation are funny things. They often disguise themselves in respectability and inventiveness that catch us off-guard at the last minute. Genesis 11 tells the story of a community's effort to construct a great tower at a time when humanity shared common …
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Matthew Erickson 