This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series "Growing in Faith: Exploring 2 Peter" with Pastor Jim Caler preaching a message entitled "Living in Light of the Day" from 2 Peter 3:10-13. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person …
“Looking for the Day” – a message from 2 Peter 3, verses 1-9, by Femi Ibitoye
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series "Growing in Faith: Exploring 2 Peter" with Pastor Femi Ibitoye preaching a message entitled "Looking for the Day" from 2 Peter 3:1-9. This message begins a new section of the letter focusing on the parousia of Christ, which links up with the journey of Advent. I …
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Keep Watch: the call to attentiveness in Advent
"Day after day, my Lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post." (Isaiah 21:8) "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." (Matthew 24:42) To keep watch is a gospel command. We watch because it takes focus and intentionality to see our Lord …
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Left Behind?: R. T. France on the rapture in Matthew 24
This past Sunday in my message, "The Unknown Hour," I made a side comment about verses 40-41 and the rapture. The verses are: "Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left." …
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The Unknown Hour
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new series entitled "The Beginning of the End." This series explores the resurrection of Jesus in tandem with some of Jesus’ teaching about the fall of Jerusalem and the end of all time.This weekend I preached out of the second half of Matthew 24, verses 36-51, where …
Matthew Erickson 