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Can you imagine 40 days of fasting and prayer in the wilderness? That was Jesus' journey as recorded in the Gospels. As it says in Mark 1:12-13: "At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, …
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Today we begin a journey. A forty day journey to the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a journey that mirrors the forty days when rain fell on the earth to purge it from sin and injustice, while Noah and his family were saved in the ark (Genesis 7:12). It is a journey …
I concluded series "Remade" this weekend at Eastbrook Church with a look at Jesus' teaching in Mark 12:28-34. "Remade" is the third part of our Gospel of Mark series (see also "The Real Jesus" and "King Coming"). My message was entitled "The Greatest Thing," and looked at this central teaching that many of us have encountered before about …
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend, "The Beginning of the End," from Mark 13. This is week 3 of 4 from our series, "Remade." Discussion Questions: What comes into your mind when you think about the end of the world? This week we will be looking …
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We continued our series "Remade" this weekend at Eastbrook Church with a look at Jesus' teaching in Mark 13. "Remade" is the third part of our Gospel of Mark series (see also "The Real Jesus" and "King Coming"). My message, entitled "The Beginning of the End," traversed a complicated text. At the beginning of Mark 13, Jesus …
Matthew Erickson 