This past Sunday in my message, "Encountering a Broken World," I mentioned how God works through broken people, referencing a list of examples from the Bible. A few people asked me to share that list with them, so here it is. “For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven” …
The Bramble King: Abimelek
What happens when the leaders who present themselves to us offer false hope and peace? This past weekend at Eastbrook I delved into that question as we continued our series, "Flawed Heroes" from the book of Judges looking at the life of Abimelek in Judges 9. Abimelek, whose name means 'son of the king', is the illegitimate son of …
Flawed Heroes: A Study on Judges
Join us this summer as we explore the Old Testament book of Judges at Eastbrook Church with a new series beginning this weekend entitled "Flawed Heroes." The book of Judges occupies an interesting space in the historical books of the Hebrew Bible, fitting between the great Exodus with Moses and Joshua and the coming of the kings with …
Matthew Erickson 