This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Joy Appears." This series continues our celebration of Christmas through Epiphany. Joy appears with Jesus. The angels announced His birth, saying, “I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people” (Luke 2:10). But sometimes joy elusive. Many …
His Suffering Brings Salvation
On His way to Jerusalem, Jesus makes three predictions of His coming suffering, death, and resurrection. The first of those is found in Matthew 16:21, while Jesus is in Caesarea Philippi. The second prediction is in Matthew 17:22-23, while Jesus and His disciples are in Galilee on the way to Jerusalem. And the third prediction is …
His Resurrection Brings Hope
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our Advent journey and our preaching series entitled "'Tis the Reason." In this fourth week of the series we explore two texts in which Jesus predicts His coming suffering, death, and resurrection in Jerusalem: Matthew 17:22-23 and 20:17-19. Along with Matthew 16:21, these predictions shape the direction in …
Eastbrook at Home – December 19, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. Here is a prayer for the fourth Sunday of Advent from The Book of Common Prayer: Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and as we are sorely hindered by our sins …
A Word from a Forgotten Church Leader: Quodvultdeus on Death of the Innocents
While most of us have heard of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, much fewer may have heard of Quodvultdeus, Bishop of Carthage. His name literally means "what God wills" in Latin. He was a 5th century church father in North Africa who corresponded with Augustine, who served as a spiritual mentor to him. Becoming bishop of …
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Matthew Erickson 