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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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One of the most interesting, yet brief, characters in the primeval histories of Genesis 1-11 must be Enoch. In just four short verses, we catch a glimpse of someone whose distinguishing mark in life was that he "walked faithfully with God" (Genesis 5:22, 24). Enoch has one of the shortest quantities of life recorded in …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we contimued our preaching series, "Fractured," drawn from Genesis 4-11. This is the second part of a two-part series on Genesis 1-11 that will stretch from January through Lent up to Easter. You can access the first part of this series on Genesis, "In the Beginning," here. This second week …
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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 continue our preaching series entitled "Fractured" based on Genesis, chapters 4-11, by looking at the expansion of evil before the flood as described in Genesis 4-6. Here is a prayer for this second Sunday in …
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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Matthew Erickson 