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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." I preached a message entitled "From Exiles to Residents," which gathered some themes of exile and belong from Nehemiah 7:1-73; 11:1-12:47; 13:1-31. In conclusion, I also referenced both Luke 15:11b-32 and Ephesians …
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One of the easiest things to do is to make our problems bigger than everything else. Sometimes we can even make our circumstances bigger than God. When Nehemiah hears about the difficulties in his homeland, he allows those circumstances to lead him in to prayer. But even as he prays, Nehemiah recalibrates around the greatness …
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When I conclude a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. Here is the bibliography for our recent series, "I AM: Seven Identity Markers for Jesus." Bibliography for “I AM: Seven Identity Markers for Jesus” Kenneth E. Bailey. The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus and began a new preaching series, "I AM: Seven Identity Markers of Jesus," drawn from the Gospel of John. This week I began the series with Jesus' profound and shocking statement, "I am the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25). You can find the …
When I conclude a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. Here is the bibliography for our recent series, "In the Beginning." Bibliography for “In the Beginning (Genesis, part 1)” T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, editors. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical …
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Matthew Erickson 