What does apple pie, fresh fruit, and exile faith have in common? This past weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series, "Exiles: A Study of 1 Peter," looking at our relationships from 1 Peter 3:1-12: wives, husbands, and the community of God. You can watch the message here or subscribe to our audio podcast, following along with the …
Working through Conflict in Relationships
This weekend at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series "Made for It" with a message on working through conflict in relationships. Certainly we all deal with conflict in our relationships, whether friendships, work relationships, marriage, classmates or more. The outline and video for the message is below, along with the presentation slides that accompany it. You can …
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Ed Stetzer, “10 Things I’ve Learned after 26 Years of Marriage”
This past weekend at Eastbrook I spoke about marriage in our series on relationships, "Made for It." On Saturday night, I shared a list from pastor and author Ed Stetzer entitled "10 Things I've Learned after 26 Years of Marriage." Unfortunately, I was unable to share this list on Sunday morning because of time. There is …
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Marriage
I continued our series on relationships, "Made for It," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church with a message on marriage. I started the message in the creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2, then built from there into Paul's instructions for households in Ephesians 5, moved into some words about the role marriage has in God's mission, …
Friendship
I began our new series "Made for It" this weekend at Eastbrook Church with a message on friendship. I spent some time at the beginning of the message talking about how we are made in God's image as relational beings but our relationships are impacted by sin and evil. The centerpiece of the message, however, was …
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