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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued a two-part reflection on the nature of the church. My working title for this series is "The Multi-Everything Church," which is an outworking of our vision to become a Revelation 7:9-10 type of church with attention to some other aspects beyond multi-ethnicity. Following last weekend's message on the …
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Over the past couple of years, I have participated in the Gospel Life blog hosted by the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College. In my most recent post, I reflected on the intrinsic value of unity for the gospel mission of God's people. For those who are a part of the Eastbrook Church, you …
This past weekend, Pastor Paul Bland, launched us into "Dwell:MissionsFest 2016" with an amazing message on what it means to be an embodied presence as a reflection of Jesus' incarnation. Here are a few statements that I wrote down while Paul was preaching: God came as an embodied presence: fully God and fully man. What …
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "7 on Multiplication," which concluded our series, "Becoming 7," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. Discussion Questions: Who has been one of your biggest influences, mentors, or encourages in life? Why have they been so important to you? This week we continue our “Becoming 7” series by looking …
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Matthew Erickson 