This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we launch the first part of our six-part journey with the Gospel of Luke entitled "Beginnings." This six-week series sets the stage for the life and ministry of Jesus that will take us all the way into the summer of 2017. Every story has a beginning, and this is no less true …
Aiming for Second Place
It was a real pleasure for me to speak this past weekend in the worship services at Elmbrook Church as part of their series "Greatest Hits." Not only is my good friend, Jason Webb, the Senior Pastor there, but my first ministry position in Wisconsin was as the Pastor of Collegiate Ministries at Elmbrook (2003-2008). That …
Rooted
This weekend, we will begin a three-week series entitled "Rooted" at Eastbrook Church. So many of us long to live full of life. Of course, the question is how we can really live that way. Psalm 1:3 says that those who live with God will be “like a tree planted by streams of water, which …
Aiming for Second Place (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend entitled "Aiming for Second Place" from our "Life Verse" series. Discussion Questions: If someone asked you what the goal of your life is, what would you say? This week, we continue our series, “Life Verse,” by looking at John the Baptist and his …
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Aiming for Second Place
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I concluded our "Life Verse" series with a message on my life verse, John 3:22-30, where John the Baptist says, in reference to Jesus: "He must increase, but I must decrease." You can listen to my message at the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also follow the RSS feed for Eastbrook …
Matthew Erickson 