Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we conclude our series, "Who Do You Say I Am?," as I preach from Matthew 16:13-20 about Jesus' piercing question from which the title of our series takes its name and Peter's bold response to that …
“Who Do You Say I Am?” – a new series at Eastbrook
This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Who Do You Say I Am?" This continues our journey through the Gospel of Matthew, focusing the expansion of Jesus' ministry throughout the Galilee region in teaching and activity in Matthew 13-16. The series is an exploration of Jesus' identity through all …
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What is the Unforgivable Sin?: insights from John Calvin
While studying for my message, "The Messiah and Satan," from this past weekend at Eastbrook, I spent a good deal of time studying the nature of the unforgivable, or unpardonable, sin. Jesus says the following provocative words: "And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the …
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Knowing Who We Are and Who We’re Not: a lesson from John the Baptist
One of the most gripping commendations Jesus ever offered was about John the Baptist when He said, "I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John" (Luke 7:28). There was really no one quite like John, and Jesus recognized that. Of course, the other part of that statement was …
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Jesus Pursues Sick People
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32) I am glad that Jesus pursues sick people. In Luke 5, Jesus reaches out to a man with leprosy, a paralyzed man, a social outcast who …
Matthew Erickson 