At our Christmas Eve services at Eastbrook Church, we focused on Jesus as the light of the world. You can watch my message from the Christmas Eve service here. This begins a new series, "The Name Above All Names," for us at Eastbrook on the titles of Jesus. I'm also including the text of that …
El Greco, The Adoration of the Shepherds
Jesus the New Israel
As part of my message this past weekend on Daniel 12, "Faith at the End of All Things," I shared a list of parallels about how Jesus is not only Savior and Forgiver, but also takes all the history of Israel into Himself and becomes the new Israel as the Messiah. A number of people …
Faith at the End of All Things [Daniel 12]
I concluded our series on the book of Daniel last weekend at Eastbrook Church by focusing on the final words of the book found in Daniel 12:5-13. This concludes the final vision of Daniel, which is also the longest vision, stretching from 10:1-12:13. This message brings together themes of persevering in our faith and the hope of …
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Finding God: Jesus
[This is the final devotional I wrote for Eastbrook Church‘s Advent 2018 devotional. Find the daily journey through Advent here.] “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room …
Matthew Erickson 