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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled "Jesus, King of the Nations." This is the third of a three-part series exploring the Book of Acts this Fall, including “Essential Church” and “Ordinary People in God's Extraordinary Work.” This first week of the series we looked at the story of Paul …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our preaching series entitled "Ordinary People in God's Extraordinary Work." This series is the second of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall, including “Essential Church” and “Jesus, King of the Nations.” This week in the series I did a sort of character study on …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series for the summer of 2025 entitled “The Pursuit of God: The Life of David.” This series will explore the life of David who was known as “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22). When we see the ups and …
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Continuing with my exploration of Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima's Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, in the second part of the book the authors give attention to what they call "five dark-side issues experienced most often by leaders" (16). They group those dark-side issues into individual chapters that describe in greater detail what each …
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This continues a post from yesterday looking at the slow decline of Saul the Benjamite, the first king of Israel. As I recently read through Saul's story again, I was struck by the pattern of Saul's slow decline. Here are a few reflections on that for us today. Tormented and Angry Saul It is shortly …
Matthew Erickson 