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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our new preaching series "The Skeptic's Guide to Life with God: Ecclesiastes." Pastor Dan Ryan preached a message entitled “The Gift of Doubt” from Ecclesiastes 2. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I began our new preaching series "The Skeptic's Guide to Life with God: Ecclesiastes" by preaching a message entitled “Is Life Meaningful or Meaningless?” from Ecclesiastes 1. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person or …
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The sermon Pastor Ruth Carver shared this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, "Revival in the Ruins," has left me reflecting on the topic of revival quite a bit. One reason it is on my mind so much is that this longing for and experience of revival has touched my life in some important ways. I …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, Pastor Ruth Carver preached a message entitled "Revival in the Ruins" from Nehemiah, chapter 9, as part of our series, "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Ruth did a wonderful job expounding this passage, while also exploring the fascinating topic of revival. Revival has diverse definitions and understandings, …
This past Monday night for our quarterly Leadership Community gathering at Eastbrook Church, I led us in an interactive seminar on learning to pray with the psalms. A few people asked if I could upload the slide deck from the night, so I'm including that as a PDF here. opening-the-book-on-prayer-4-25-2022-Download I led us in three …
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Matthew Erickson 