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Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Human Means for Divine End," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This was the fifth part of our series "Faith Life." Discussion Questions: What was one of the most confusing situations of your life? How did your faith in God shape your response to that situation? This week, we …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I launched a new series called “Beginning to Live.” The focus of this past weekend was faith and so my blog posts this week are all about faith. Faith is something very challenging for us in our day. We live in a fast-paced culture intent on instant gratification. We …
For forty days the rain fell on the earth as Noah and his family watched aboard the ark. Slowly, the sin-cursed world was covered with water until nothing else was visible. For 150 days after this, the ark surged over the waters of the earth. Dull views, the weary rocking back and forth on waves, …
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. (Hebrews 11:1-2) All these people [Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah] were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them …
Matthew Erickson 