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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series entitled "God's Grace for an Imperfect Church: 1 Corinthians." In this message, Will Branch explores Paul's comparison of the life of discipleship to running a race from 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our preaching series during Lent entitle "The Tree and the Vine," drawing from Psalm 1 and John 15. In this second message of the series Will Branch explored what it means to abide in Christ and be connected to God from John 15:1-18. You can find the message …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Will Branch preached a message entitled, "The Community of Repair," which was based in Nehemiah 3. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our Advent journey and our preaching series entitled "'Tis the Reason." This third week of the series, Will Branch preached on two stories of healing by Jesus en route to Jerusalem in Matthew 17:14-20 and 20:29-34. Will really made me think about whether my faith is substantial or …
Will Branch preached this past weekend at Eastbrook Church as we continued our series "Great Prayers of the Bible." Will took on one of my favorite stories in the gospels related to prayer from Mark 9:22-25. Will began his message with Paul's profound words in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 about his experience with a thorn in the flesh: …
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