Jesus takes us beyond outward observation into the very heart of our lives. In Matthew 15, a special envoy of Pharisees from Jerusalem arrives to interrogate Jesus. But it is Jesus who confronts them about their confusion over what defiles and what the heart of true spirituality with God is all about. Jesus called the …
Soul Food: Feeding the 4,000
This past weekend at Eastbrook, as we continued our preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", I walked us through the account of Jesus feeding the 4,000 in Matthew 15:29-39. This story echoes another we have already looked at in the feeding of the 5,000. While I do dig into the actual account, one …
Eastbrook at Home – November 7, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our series, "Who Do You Say I Am?," as I preach from Matthew 15:29-39 about Jesus' feeding of the four thousand in the vicinity of Magadan. We explore the passage and then talk about …
Jesus and the Canaanite Woman
This past weekend at Eastbrook, Pastor Ruth Carver continued our preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", by exploring the story of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15:21-28. This is both a fascinating and challenging text, which at face value may seem like Jesus is hard and ethnocentric, but actually brings a …
Eastbrook at Home – October 31, 2021
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our series, "Who Do You Say I Am?," as Pastor Ruth Carver preaches from Matthew 15:21-28 about Jesus' encounter with a Canaanite woman, which shows us some very interesting things about the nature of …
Matthew Erickson 