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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 8, I sought to bring us through Paul's discussion of food sacrificed to idols to what I see as the center of this part of the letter: forgoing our rights …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 7, Steven Jaehnert addressed portions of the chapter related to singleness. This is a great pairing with the message Kelly and I preached last week on marriage, which was part …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 7 my wife, Kelly, and I addressed portions of the chapter related to marriage and sexuality in marriage, predominantly verses 1-16. While we did briefly speak about Paul's gift of …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 5 I took us through Paul's strong words to the Corinthians Church around life and freedom in a message entitled "Living Alive and Free in Christ." You can find the …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message from 1 Corinthians 4 I took us through Paul's striking words about finding confidence in Christ, freedom from peoples' opinions, and the ability to live according to a different measure from the standards …
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Matthew Erickson 