Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we celebrate Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. We also will continue our Lenten series, "Scandalous Jesus," which traces Jesus' journey in Jerusalem from His triumphal entry to His crucifixion. Here is a prayer …
What is the Heart of the Spiritual Life with God?: Jesus’ guidance about what truly defiles
Jesus takes us beyond outward observation into the very heart of our lives. In Matthew 15, a special envoy of Pharisees from Jerusalem arrives to interrogate Jesus. But it is Jesus who confronts them about their confusion over what defiles and what the heart of true spirituality with God is all about. Jesus called the …
Two Contrasting Ways: The Pharisees and Jesus’ Disciples
In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 23, Jesus follows a series of attacking questions from religious leaders with a scorching critique of the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees. Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must …
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The Woes of the Religiously Misguided
Continuing our Lenten preaching series, "Scandalous Jesus," this past weekend at Eastbrook we traveled through Matthew 23. In this chapter-long discourse, Jesus sharply names casts deep shadows over the ways the teachers of the law and Pharisees have lost their way with God. This is no simple passage, however, but calls each of us to …
Eastbrook at Home – April 3, 2022
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our Lenten series, "Scandalous Jesus," which traces Jesus' journey in Jerusalem from His triumphal entry to His crucifixion. Here is a prayer for the fifth Sunday of Lent from The Book of Common Prayer: …
Matthew Erickson 