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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:2-3) If, as Paul writes in Ephesians 2, Christ is our peace, who has reconciled us to the Father, then the calling upon us as God's people is to …
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We continued our series on the book of Daniel this past weekend at Eastbrook Church by turning to Daniel's famous prayer in chapter 9. Daniel's prayer takes place in the first year of Cyrus' reign, around 539 BC, and references Jeremiah 25:10-11 in recognizing that the time of the exile is reaching its conclusion. Daniel has been in …
In my previous posts on Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima's Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, I summarized their key assumptions in the book, the definition of the dark side, how the dark side develops, and five dark-side issues leaders often encounter. In this final post on the book, I turn to the third, …
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Over the next number of weeks, I am interacting with some of the writings of Andrew Murray. Murray was a South African pastor and missionary during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Murray is probably best known for his book With Christ in the School of Prayer, but he has many other valuable works. My writing …
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/081ed8f8b1b51340f4e8e5402/images/00dfd7e3-8b8c-400b-90f1-2e1d0fec99ed.png Today marks the beginning of the season of Lent, and the beginning of our six-week journey to the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we begin our journey together, we are asking all who are able to pray and fast during the day. We will break our fast together as Eastbrook Church with Communion on …
Matthew Erickson 
