This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continues our preaching series entitled "Scandalous Jesus," that parallels our journey of Lent. This week, I turned our attention to three parables of Jesus in Matthew 21:28-22:14: The Father and His Two SonsThe Vineyard and the TenantsThe Wedding Banquet Each of these parables echo two major themes: Jesus brings …
The Living Parables of Jesus: Jesus’ non-verbal teaching in Matthew 21
If you want to write a good story, one of the golden rules is “Show, don’t tell.” “Show, don’t tell” means that you don’t tell your read a situation is scary. Instead, you help the reader enter into the terror by describing it. "The darkness descended at night and an eerie stillness surrounded the trailer …
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The Withering of the Old Ways
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continues our preaching series entitled "Scandalous Jesus," that parallels our journey of Lent. This week, I turned our attention to three episodes within Jesus' time in and aroundJerusalem. The first is Jesus' overturning of tables in the Temple, a sort of enacted parable about purification and rededication of the …
Eastbrook at Home – March 13, 2022
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continue our Lenten series, "Scandalous Jesus," which traces Jesus' journey in Jerusalem from His triumphal entry to His crucifixion. Here is a prayer for the second Sunday of Lent from The Book of Common Prayer: …
Unlikely King
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled "Scandalous Jesus," that parallels our journey of Lent. This week, I turned our attention to two episodes that set up the entire series and Jesus' time in Jerusalem. The first was Jesus' third prediction of His coming suffering in Jerusalem (Matthew 20:17-19) and …
Matthew Erickson 