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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new preaching series entitled "Living the Creed: Connecting Life and Faith in the Apostles’ Creed." This series walks through the Apostles Creed as a basic summary of our faith but also as a way to live our faith out with God in the world. Each weekend of …
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As I mentioned yesterday, I am in the midst of preparing for an upcoming sermon series on the kingdom of God. One of the greatest American scholars on this topic is George Eldon Ladd, who gave significant attention to this theme in his teaching and writing career. In his brief book, The Pattern of New Testament …
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While studying for an upcoming sermon series on the kingdom of God, I came across this gripping description of Jesus' invitation to the kingdom from Old Testament scholar John Bright: Christ, then, has come to call men to his Kingdom. His mission was not to instruct men in a better and more spiritual ethic, to …
When I was a fairly new Christian, someone described the early church as a group that turned the world upside down. I don't remember who that was or when I heard it, but the speaker's point was that the early church really made things happen for God in the world. The idea enamored me, but …
Matthew Erickson 