This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I began a two-part reflection on the nature of the church. My working title for this series is "The Multi-Everything Church," which is an outworking of our vision to become a Revelation 7:9-10 type of church with attention to some other aspects beyond multi-ethnicity. This weekend's message looks at the image …
Prayer in Weakness: the father of an afflicted boy
Will Branch preached this past weekend at Eastbrook Church as we continued our series "Great Prayers of the Bible." Will took on one of my favorite stories in the gospels related to prayer from Mark 9:22-25. Will began his message with Paul's profound words in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 about his experience with a thorn in the flesh: …
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Prayer of Surrender: Mary
As we continued our "Great Prayers of the Bible" series this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I spoke from Mary's prayers of surrender to God in Luke 1. This weekend's message explores what it means to pray into a place of surrender with God and why surrendering to God in prayer is one of the best things we …
Matthew Erickson 