"Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, 'children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.' Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. (Philippians 2:14-16a) Lord, take my life and shape me around …
The Way of Jesus and the Way of Herod
This past weekend we began a new series "Power in Preparation" at Eastbrook Church. This begins the second part of our extended journey through the Gospel of Matthew. This message is a study in contrasts drawn from Matthew 1:18-25 and Matthew 2:1-18. You can view the message video and outline below. You can follow along …
Mighty God
This past weekend I enjoyed the opportunity of preaching at Elmbrook Church as part of their series on the names of God from Isaiah 9:6-7. This was the second week of that series, focused on the second title listed for the Messiah: "Mighty God." I built much of the message around Philippians 2:5-11, which served …
Becoming One: the developing unity of the church as the community of Christ
As we continued our series, "One: The Being of God in the Life of the Church," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church I turned a corner from our focus on God's part in bringing unity to our part in upholding unity. The first message in the series, "God is One," explored how unity comes through …
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Make every effort and see to it!
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a …
Matthew Erickson 