This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "Jesus Said What?!" by turning to another tough topic: divorce and marriage. But is that really the only point of these passages? We look at two important passages on these topics in Matthew 19:1-12 and Matthew 22:23-33. This message is from the eighth part …
What Questions Are We Asking of Jesus?
“Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” (Matthew 13:54b-56) There are different types of questions. …
Missing Jesus
This past weekend at Eastbrook, I began a new preaching series, "Who Do You Say I Am?" by looking at a little episode at the end of Matthew, chapter 13, on Jesus' visit home to Nazareth and the response He receives from people there. This leads us into a little exploration of the questions we …
Messiah
What do we see when we see Jesus? This is the question at the center of my message, "Messiah," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This was part of our series, "Jesus on the Move," where we have been looking at the ministry of Jesus in northern Israel in the first half of the Gospel …
3 Questions We All Have About Jesus
We all wrestle with questions about who Jesus is. This weekend at Eastbrook we begin a new series where we explore what it means that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). The series is entitled "3 Questions We All Have About Jesus," and is an opportunity for us to engage with deep …
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