This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began our annual MissionsFest. As we celebrate God's faithfulness to us as a church for forty years, we are hearing from two of our long-term, international ministry partners on the theme of "Hard Places." This first weekend, Rev. Yousef Hashweh from Amman, Jordan, spoke to us from the …
Salvador Dali, Christ of St John of the Cross
Sacrificial Generosity
Continuing our "Roots" series this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I took us into an exploration of "Sacrificial Generosity." No one can read the description of the early church in Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:32-37 without being deeply moved and challenged. What was it in this early church experiment in Jerusalem that we can learn …
Walk with Jesus: The Road to Emmaus as a Picture of Whole-Life Discipleship
The story begins like this: Jesus was arrested and His followers fled. He was tried and killed by crucifixion. His body was taken from the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, who was a wealthy, secret follower of Jesus. The disciples scattered at Jesus' arrest, but returned to one another in a gathering place in Jerusalem. …
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Growing Disciples
As we continued our "Roots" series this past weekend at Eastbrook Church we looked at what it means to be a disciple, grow as a disciple, and invite others to discipleship. To do that, I walked through the memorable story of Jesus appearing to two disciples along the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. I …
Matthew Erickson 