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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series entitled "Who Is He?: Titles of Jesus the Messiah from Isaiah" by looking at Isaiah 42:1-9 with a message entitled "The One Who Brings Justice." This is the first of four texts in the second half of the book of Isaiah that are generally referred …
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One of the deepest desires of human beings is for justice. We long for our lives and the world to be impartially guided by what is just, right, true, and fair. At our jobs or in our classrooms, in the courtroom or the sports field, we want all people treated well and measured equally against …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series entitled "Who Is He?: Titles of Jesus the Messiah from Isaiah" by looking at the first 5 verses of Isaiah 40 with a message entitled "The One Who Comforts." This Advent message series is also accompanied by a daily devotional of the same title written …
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When my children were young and they scraped a knee or faced some other injury, they would swiftly run to me or Kelly for immediate help to stop the bleeding or put ice on that bump on their head. After the immediate help, though, they would often look for something else: comfort. As we grow, …
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One of my uncles loves to research family history. He has traced our family line through many descendants and across generations back to homelands before they immigrated to the United States. We have learned some interesting facts along the way, such as that what we took as my grandmother’s first name was actually her middle …
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Matthew Erickson 