This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our Advent journey and our new preaching series entitled "'Tis the Reason." This second week of the series takes us to one of the most fascinating stories in all the Gospels. In Matthew 17:1-13, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John with him to a mountain where Jesus is …
His Suffering Brings Peace
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series, which also parallels the season of Advent, entitled "'Tis the Reason." This first week of the series focuses on Jesus' first description of His pending suffering in Jerusalem and Peter's monumental misunderstanding of Jesus' calling as Messiah as seen in Matthew 16:21-28. Thus begins …
“Naming” Jesus
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", by finally drawing near to the text from which the title of the series arises: Matthew 16:13-20. In this dramatic turning point in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus asks His disciples a series of questions, including "Who do you …
King Coming
This weekend, I concluded our series, "King Coming," at Eastbrook Church with a message entitled, "King Coming." Because of my change of plans with the message last week (see "A Response to the Connecticut Tragedy"), I brought together a look at Jesus' triumphal approach to Jerusalem (Mark 11:1-11) and Jesus' three declarations of what He would face …
Matthew Erickson 