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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled “Jesus, King of the Nations." This series is the third of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall at Eastbrook, including two other series “Essential Church” and "Ordinary People in God's Extraordinary Work." This series focuses on God’s work …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled “Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary Work." This series is the second of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall at Eastbrook, including two other series “Essential Church” and "Jesus, King of the Nations." In "Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary …
The Triune God, who is eternally in reciprocal, self-giving relationship, is a sending God. The Father sends the Son at the incarnation because "God so loved the world" (John 3:16). After the Son's ascension, the Father sends the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, as Peter reminds us, quoting Joel the prophet: "In the last days, God …
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David Bosch (center) with Desmond Tutu (right) and Michael Cassidy (left) Here is South African missiologist David Bosch on the nature of the church and mission from his milestone work Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. The Christian faith, I submit, is intrinsically missionary....This dimension of the Christian faith is not an optional extra: …
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"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8) In the book of Acts we read about how the Holy Spirit set the early believers ablaze for the work …
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Matthew Erickson 