This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our celebration of the resurrection of Jesus through our preaching series, "I AM: Seven Identity Markers of Jesus," drawn from the Gospel of John. This week our dear friend and ministry partner from Kenya, Canon Francis Omondi, continued the series by exploring Jesus' statement, "I am the gate" …
“I am the Light of the World”
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our celebration of the resurrection of Jesus through our preaching series, "I AM: Seven Identity Markers of Jesus," drawn from the Gospel of John. This week I continued the series by exploring Jesus' statement, "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12). You can find the message …
Redemption and Embodied Sexuality
I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church by turning to the third chapter of God's Good Story: Redemption in Jesus Christ. This message builds off of previous messages on Creation and the Fall, looking at Christ's redeeming work as outlined in Romans 5. …
Wide: Changed with People (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Wide: Changed with People," which is the third part of our series "Jesus Changes Everything" at Eastbrook Church. Answer one of the following questions: Who do you find it most difficult to love? Why? When have you felt most loved in your life? Why was that? This week …
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Wide: Changed with People
I continued our series "Jesus Changes Everything" this weekend at Eastbrook Church by looking at what it means to have wide love like God. I cannot think of a better way to get at what God's wide love looks like than to look at Jesus, who is "the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). You can watch the message …
Matthew Erickson 