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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we begin a new preaching series entitled "Essential Church." This series is the first of a three-part exploration of the Book of Acts this Fall, including “Ordinary People in God’s Extraordinary Work” and “Jesus, King of the Nations.” As we began that series, my message this weekend explored the first …
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John Singleton Copley, Jesus Ascending to Heaven; oil on canvas; 1775. What would it have been like to gather with Jesus after His resurrection and watch Him ascend to glory? We're told by Luke that forty days after His resurrection, during which He appeared many times to the disciples, Jesus ascended into the Father's presence. "When …
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Vincent van Gogh, The Sower; oil on canvas; 1888. After Jesus' resurrection, there are numerous accounts of Jesus meeting with His disciples. Several of those accounts depict Jesus' commissioning His disciples to continue the work He began (see Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:45-49; John 20:19-23; Acts 1:6-8). He invites them to become witnesses of Jesus …
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Matthew Erickson 