This past weekend at Eastbrook Church I concluded our series on prayer, "Great Prayers of the Bible", by looking at two significant themes on prayer from the book of Revelation. The entire message was built around the idea of praying with the end state of prayer in mind. Basically, if we want to "begin with …
Praying to the Holy God [30 Days of Prayer]
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” (Isaiah 6:3) In prayer we approach the God of the universe face to face. Although the word 'awesome' has been devalued to our contemporary ears, this reality of prayer is truly an awesome thing. The prophet Isaiah found out how …
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From Confusion to Understanding (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "From Confusion to Understanding," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is the second part of our series "The Kingdom Life." The text for this week is from Luke 24:13-35. Discussion Questions: When did you have a spiritual breakthrough in your life of understanding who Jesus …
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From Confusion to Understanding
This weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series, "The Kingdom Life," which looks at some key teachings of Jesus in light of the resurrection. This second message in the series, "From Confusion to Understanding," explores the powerful and mysterious story of Jesus' conversation with two disciples on the road to Emmaus from Luke 24:13-35. You can follow the entire …
Lukewarm in Laodicea
We concluded our series "Revealed" on the seven letters to the churches of Asia Minor from Revelation 1-3 this weekend at Eastbrook Church. This weekend's message was a study of the church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22. I reflected on the lukewarm faith of the church, reflecting on what that might mean in our lives and …
Matthew Erickson 