This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series "Becoming Real" on the Sermon on the Mount by looking at a very long portion of Scripture in Matthew 5:17-48. This long passage of teaching by Jesus looks at what it means to truly be righteous before God and in relation to others. Jesus has not …
Love That Overcomes
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, we continued our series entitled "Love Letters," where we are walking through the letters of 1, 2, and 3 John. My message this weekend was entitled, "Love That Overcomes," and drew from 1 John 2:12-17. You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also …
See – Good – Take: The threefold movement of sin
In my readings of Genesis this week, I was struck by two different stories about sin. Adam & Eve with the Fruit (Genesis 3) When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. …
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Matthew Erickson 