This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series "Free," in which we are walking through the book of Galatians, by looking at the real gospel that Paul outlines in Galatians 2:1-21. In my message, I contrasted the real gospel with the pale imitations of legalism and libertinism. I referenced fasting as a helpful spiritual practice, and you can read …
Free
It's a new year and an opportunity to step into new things, including new things in our life with God. Beginning this weekend, January 3 & 4, we begin a new series at Eastbrook entitled "Free." In a culture and world that values freedom, we encounter strong words from the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Galatians: “It is …
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series on the Holy Spirit with a message on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I drew from 1 Corinthians 12-14, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4:1-16 for this message in order to address many questions that we have about the Holy Spirit and the gifts that He gives. …
The Character of the Holy Spirit
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series on the Holy Spirit with a message from Galatians 5:13-26 on "The Character of the Holy Spirit." While this is the passage that addresses the fruit of the Holy Spirit, I organized the message around three images Paul provides for life in the Holy Spirit. You can …
||40days|| week six: live joyful
In the midst of our pursuit of God, we can sometimes focus so much on the seriousness of discipleship that we miss out on the joy of our life with God. Of course, there are good reasons for that. First of all, Jesus called us to take up our cross, deny ourselves and follow Him. …
Matthew Erickson 