This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", by looking at the well-known story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in Matthew 14:13-23. What does this episode tell us about who Jesus is and how can we learn to live in response to Him based on the miraculous …
Eastbrook at Home – September 26, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Who Do You Say I Am?," as I preach on Jesus' feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew 14:13-21. This series continues our extended journey through the Gospel of Matthew, which includes our previous series …
Mistaken Identity
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I continued our new preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", by looking at a strange episode in Matthew 14:1-13 on the death of John the Baptist at the hands of Herod Antipas. This passage has import for revealing Jesus' identity and also gives us insight into the life …
Eastbrook at Home – September 19, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Who Do You Say I Am?," as I preach on the death of John the Baptist at the hands of Herod Antipas in connection with Jesus' rising ministry in Galilee from Matthew 14:1-13. We …
What Questions Are We Asking of Jesus?
“Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” (Matthew 13:54b-56) There are different types of questions. …
Matthew Erickson 