After the dark of death After the loss of life After the gift seemed broken and discarded After the pulsing pain After the weary final gasp After the heavy heave of stone over tomb The light breaks forth The Son shines like day The victory resounds and heaven cheers The surging joy The rising hope …
The Kingdom Life
This weekend we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and also begin a new series at Eastbrook Church entitled "The Kingdom Life." In this part of our journey we explore what is happening in the resurrection and what it means for our life. We ask questions like: what sort of King is this?; what sort …
Living in the Light
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This past weekend at Eastbrook we had a wonderful celebration of the resurrection. My message for the services was based out of Matthew 28:1-10. You can watch the message here. If you would like to access other messages or message series, please visit the Eastbrook web-site, download the Eastbrook app, or …
Hidden Victory within Suffering
Is it possible for anything good to come from suffering? That question is the starting point for my message this past weekend at Eastbrook Church as I continued our series, "Exiles: A Study of 1 Peter." We journeyed through 1 Peter 3:13-22, where Peter brings together our unjust suffering with Jesus' unjust suffering. You can watch the message …
Empty
A lot of times we think of the word 'empty' in a negative light. But when does emptiness become a good thing? Our celebration of Jesus' resurrection - and the empty tomb - sheds some important light on that. My message this past Easter weekend at Eastbrook Church was an exploration of the meaning of "Empty" in …
Matthew Erickson 