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This past weekend at Eastbrook we continued our pause on our preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", in order to continue our annual MissionsFest. Last week Dr. Ed Stetzer was with us for a message entitled, "The Commissions of Jesus for a Post-COVID Church." This week my colleague, Pastor Dan Ryan, spoke about …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook we took a pause on our preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?", in order to begin our annual MissionsFest. We had the privilege of hearing from Dr. Ed Stetzer for this kick-off weekend of MissionsFest. Ed Stetzer is a professor and dean at Wheaton College where he also …
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest.’” (Matthew 13:28-30) In His parable of the wheat and the weeds, Jesus makes it clear that the intermixing …
This past Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a thirteen-week preaching series entitled "The Messiah's Mission," which continues our journey through the Gospel of Matthew, focusing on chapters 8-12. This is the fourth part of our longer series on Matthew, which includes "Family Tree," "Power in Preparation," and "Becoming Real." After the Sermon on the …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I concluded our series "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." After looking at Ephesians 3:14-21 on praying our way into God's power and love and Colossians 1:9-14 on how prayer shapes our souls, this weekend I explored Romans 15:23-33 on how prayer connects with our mission …
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Matthew Erickson 