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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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Last week while I was at Fort Wilderness speaking at one of their weeklong family camps, I also had the opportunity to share a devotional with their summer staff. Their theme for the summer is "After the Fire," and is drawn from 1 Kings 19, where Elijah meets with God. It is after the wind, …
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"For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:6-7) Lord, my God— The Giver of every good and perfect gift,You are …
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This post continues a series of posts with thoughts from Paul’s letter to the Philippians. These posts are personal reflections taken from devotional reading of the book. Paul mentions Timothy and Epaphroditus to the Philippians when writing to them. From Paul's laudatory words, we see that both of these men are examples to the believers …
This last weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians, "Unshackled: Joy Beyond Circumstances." This weekend we continued with Paul's outworking of our kingdom citizenship begun in Philippians 1:27, turning now toward the outworking of our salvation joy in Philippians 2:12-30. I love this passage because it holds …
Matthew Erickson 