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Jesus knew we loved stories and so He spoke from stories quite a bit of the time. The type of stories he used were called parables. What is a parable? A parable is often defined as “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” It’s a story that deals with earthy things in order to talk …
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Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Stories of the Kingdom: Parable of Jesus," as I preach on the parables of the treasure in the field, the pearl, and the net from Matthew 13:44-50. This series continues our extended journey through …
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Stories of the Kingdom: Parable of Jesus," as I preach on the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast from Matthew 13:31-35. This series continues our extended journey through the Gospel of Matthew, …
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. We continue our series, "Stories of the Kingdom: Parable of Jesus," as I preach on the parable of the wheat on the weeds from Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. This series continues our extended journey through the Gospel of Matthew, …
"Then he told them many things in parables, saying: 'A farmer went out to sow his seed.'" (Matthew 13:3) Jesus' parable of the sower and the soils begins with the farmer sowing his seed into the soils around. There is a wondrous extravagance, even an open-handed wildness, to the way the farmer sows the seed. …
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Matthew Erickson 