A Unified Church in Divided Days
April 7, 2024 This sermon gives background on 1 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul, the Corinthian community, and why this letter might be what we need to look at right now....
To Live as One for the Sake of the World
The church is called to live as one for the sake of the world. As Archbishop William Temple once said, “The church is the only organization that exists for the...
A Unified Church in Divided Days
June 6, 2021 A standalone sermon from Pastor Matt Erickson of Eastbrook Church on the divisions in our world, culture, and church today and an exhortation from Ephesians on how...
Praying One: Learning to Pray for Unity from Jesus’ Prayer
November 15, 2020 The night before He went to the Cross, Jesus prayed that His followers “may be one as we are one” (John 17:11). If Jesus prayed for this,...
Becoming One: the developing unity of the church as the community of Christ
November 08, 2020 We are one because of Jesus, but we are becoming one through Jesus. In Philippians Paul calls a community in tension, where divisions exist, toward unity by...
God is One: Monotheism and the Triune God
October 25, 2020 This message will explore the unity of God as Trinity, which is at the heart of our faith and any understanding of unity. Subthemes will include the...
A Crash Course in God’s Blessing
June 1/2, 2019 Ephesians 1:14 Paul works through the ways that God has blessed “with every spiritual blessing in Christ” (1:3). In and around his summary of redemption, adoption, and...
Prince of Peace
January 19/20, 2019 Passages: Isaiah 9:6; John 14:27; Matthew 11:28-30; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:14-18 This weekend we will explore what it means that Isaiah speaks about the Messiah as “the Prince...
A Multi-Ethnic, Kingdom-Oriented Community
September 8/9, 2018 The church as a multi-ethnic, Kingdom-oriented community is central to the gospel of Jesus Christ. What does it mean to move beyond the frameworks of divisive thinking,...
Unity
December 9/10, 2017 Unity is good and pleasant and can only come from God. Psalm 133 is an exploration of why unity within the community is essential to the journey...