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The following story was a part of my message on Sunday ("Stephen: a heart for God") that I had to cut out at the last minute. I am always inspired by Polycarp' story of knowing what is worth living for and what is worth dying for. Perhaps you have heard of a beautiful town known …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new 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 looked at the life and martyrdom …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new 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 at Eastbrook, including two other series “Essential Church” and "Jesus, King of the Nations." In "Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary …
This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled “Essential Church." This series is the first of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall at Eastbrook, including two other series “Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary Work” and "Jesus, King of the Nations." In "Essential Church" we will walk …
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I continued our series on prayer, "Great Prayers of the Bible", at Eastbrook Church this past weekend by looking at four themes on prayer from the early church in the book of Acts. I try not have a romanticized view of the early church that leads into an impulse to "recover the true church." However, I …
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Matthew Erickson 