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As we continued our series, "One: The Being of God in the Life of the Church," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church I explored Jesus' prayer in John 17 as a key to the unity of the church and an example for how prayer contributes to unity. I concluded the message with a time of …
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November 11, 2011, was a historic night in the life of the Egyptian Church. As the Arab Spring unfolded, tensions were rising in Cairo, including the killing of many Coptic Christians in October. In the past, the Orthodox Copts, the Roman Catholics, and the Protestants had not supported one another. In fact, they had at …
Jesus' journey of prayer for unity continues as He unveils that there is power through transformed relationships…and that power comes through prayer. My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I …
There’s a common proverb that says “hindsight is 20/20.” This saying means that it's easy to see the right thing to do after it has already happened. It also admits that it is difficult to predict the future. The reason we say this so often is that, as humans, we often understand what the right thing …
Whenever I think about the unity that we are called to as brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ under the Fatherhood of God, I often wonder how we actually can move into that reality? If you’re like me, you can look back at the history of the church and see divisions: between Eastern and Western …
Matthew Erickson 