Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our preaching series entitled "In the Beginning" by looking at the first part of the fall from grace in Genesis 3. Here is a prayer for this Sunday from The Book of Common Prayer: …
“In the Beginning” (Genesis, part 1) – a new series at Eastbrook Church
This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "In the Beginning," which will be the first of a two-part series on Genesis, chapters 1-11. This series explores Genesis 1-3. Genesis is a book of beginnings, setting the stage for all that comes afterwards not only in that book but in …
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Returning to God :: Rembrandt van Rijn, “The Return of the Prodigal Son”
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Oil on canvas; 1668. One of the strangest things about us as people is how much we want to be close to people and also how easily we run away from relationships with others. Why is it that we both want to be known but also want …
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Image and Idolatry
A quick search online reveals that a lot of us have image problems. Not only do you and I have image problems, but it seems like every category of person, career, human activity, and individual has an image problem. The Satanic Inversion of the Image of God As I mentioned in my message this past …
I Am More Than My Image
With our current series at Eastbrook Church, "Who Am I?", we are exploring biblical answers to questions about finding our identity in God. This past weekend, in my message "I Am More Than My Image," I spoke to the ways in which we are tempted to live according to false images of ourselves instead of living …
Matthew Erickson 