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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continues our preaching series entitled "Jesus, King of the Nations." This is the third of a three-part series exploring the Book of Acts this Fall, including “Essential Church” and “Ordinary People in God's Extraordinary Work.” This second week of the series we looked at the story of Paul in …
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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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P. Solomon Raj, Luke 4: The Lord Remembers the Hungry, 2016. It's in the context of all the everyday people with everyday problems gathered around Him that Jesus begins to speak about the good life in Matthew 5:3-12. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (5:3) Contrary to appearances, the …
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"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." (Ephesians 4:1) In Ephesians 4:1, Paul urges the Ephesians—and us, through them—to live a life worthy of the calling we have received. The unity of the church in divided times is, as always, first …
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To pretend what is, is otherwise. To speak harsh sentences in the quiet of the night when no one else hears but oneself. To hold one's breath day after day, climbing into a building that is on fire. To know what is good but pursue what is evil, letting it fasten its teeth into you. …
Matthew Erickson 