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"Jesus, the bringer of bread," they called Him.In place after place, He fed the hungry:the meals for five-thousand and four-thousand,plus all the feasts in homes along the way.When a Gentile woman asked Him to healher demon-oppressed daughter, it was breadto which she made reference in her appeal:"Even dogs, with fallen breadcrumbs, are fed.""Jesus, the bringer …
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"Restore us again, O Lord God of hosts;show the light of your countenance,and we shall be whole." (Psalm 80:19, New Coverdale Psalter) You, who are beyond me yet near me,who are at One with Yourself,yet interacting with a confused world:speak wholeness into me. You, who are God of all and over all,who are holy, holy, …
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Unknown, The healing of a bleeding woman, Rome, Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter, 4th century. "And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years....When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, 'If I just touch his clothes, I …
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Theodore Prescott, All My Sins; Cherry, lead, hand-blown glass, paper ash, and silicon; 1996. When I was a new believer, I hungered for a deeper relationship with God. I followed the example of a mentor in my life who had taken a focused time to work his way through past sins as a means for …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our Advent journey and our preaching series entitled "'Tis the Reason." This third week of the series, Will Branch preached on two stories of healing by Jesus en route to Jerusalem in Matthew 17:14-20 and 20:29-34. Will really made me think about whether my faith is substantial or …
Matthew Erickson 