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This quotation is taken from Jerome's commentary on Galatians, chapter 6, verse 10: The blessed John the Evangelist lived in Ephesus until extreme old age. His disciples could barely carry him to church and he could not muster the voice to speak many words. During individual gatherings he usually said nothing but, “Little children, love …
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This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be …
On Wednesday, I wrote here at the blog about how important it is to know we are deeply loved by God as His children. What flows directly from that love of God for us as his people is that we are called to love one another as brothers and sisters. Throughout Scripture, the church is consistently …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new four-week preaching series entitled "Reset." In this series, we are exploring four aspects of our life together as Christ's church based on the words of Hebrews 10:24-25. This week we focused on the phrase: "Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love." …
Matthew Erickson 