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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus." In my message this week I explored the holiness of God in relation to our holiness as God's people, drawing upon the holiness code in Leviticus and connecting that to the fulfilling work of Jesus the Messiah. …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus." My message this week explored the calling and functions of the priests, especially the High Priest, as outlined in Leviticus. I then connected that with the ministry of Jesus as the perfect High Priest as described in …
Continue reading "“Jesus the Perfect High Priest” – a message from Leviticus 8-10 for Lent"
We're trying something new at Eastbrook as part of our sermon series during Lent, "Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus." It's something new that we've talked about for a while as a staff, but never really gotten around to, but we're doing a test-run with it during this series. "What is it?", you may …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled "Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus." My message this week aimed to set up the entire series while also exploring the holiness of God and the way God pursues us. "Jesus, Holy God With Us" drew upon a wide variety of texts …
Continue reading "“Jesus, Holy God With Us” – a message from Leviticus for Lent"
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Matthew Erickson 