Join us for worship services on Christmas Eve at Eastbrook Church for a celebration of the glory revealed in Jesus, the newborn King! Join us in-person or online for Christmas Eve 2021! We will have 4 identical services today at 1:00, 2:30, 4:00 and 5:30 PM. An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a …
Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Triptych (detail)
Alessandro Botticelli, Cestello Annunciation
The Messiah’s Family
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I concluded our series entitled "The Messiah's Mission," by looking at Matthew 12:46-50. Here, Jesus' earthly family comes looking for Him, probably making the journey from Nazareth to Capernaum. Jesus uses their arrival to reframe family in relation to discipleship and the disciple-community. You can find the message video and …
The Dawning of Real Life
After Jesus’ brutal death there is the quiet and stillness of the tomb; Jesus’ dead body was laid in the tomb. We read: “After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.” (Matthew 28:1) But there was also the quiet …
Matthew Erickson 