Each week our pastors study diligently to deliver practical, thought-provoking messages from the Word of God.
This message highlights the tendency of humans to be more critical of others than of themselves and how this attitude can be detrimental to ourselves and Christ's mission. Listeners are encouraged to adopt the spirit of Christ and respond in grace rather than self-righteousness and anger in order to preserve good.
Read MoreThere's something behind us worth celebrating, but we must look to the future. Eastland Baptist Church has a legacy and an impact we can be proud of. This should compel us to look to the future with hope.
Read MoreMost all of us have strong opinions. However, we’re not necessarily thoroughly persuaded, which is the Scriptural command. Opinions often come from and are constructed by social cues and culture. Persuasion comes from Scripture.
Read MoreSalvation is by grace through faith alone. It is in our nature to try to merit God's favor, but we can't. We have liberty. However, we should not become evangelists for our liberty. Liberty understands freedom, but doesn't use it for selfish indulgence.
Read MorePaul and Barnabas demonstrated incredible courage and resilience through rigorous missionary work and even returning repeatedly to dangerous locals. Such ruggedness is languishing in modern culture, but it must be part of Christian character.
Read MorePaul's efforts in taking the gospel to the known world were truly extraordinary. However, in kind and type, they should not be unique. To cause trouble in the body of Christ is incredibly dangerous and ignorant because we do not know the extraordinary lengths God is going to, through people, to accomplish His plans and purposes.
Read MoreIn Acts 13, Paul preaches his first significant sermon recorded in the book. 400 miles from the start of their missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas began preaching the gospel in Antioch of Pisidia. Paul's message was calling people to a point of decision so that they might be saved. God is calling His people to truth, and He's asking us not to forsake it. Certain truths we reject to our peril. To marginalize any truth is to diminish our lives. Knowing truth helps and saves no one. That truth must move one to a point of decision.
Read MoreIt is vital that, as Christians, our orthodoxy be followed with a lived out doctrine that can be observed. Visibility gives us viability.
Read MoreActs 13 marks the beginning of the missionary endeavors of the early church, which became their primary purpose and focus.
Read MoreIn a world that has completely engineered all discomfort from life, something is lost. Not only are we weaker people physically, but we are also weaker spiritually and fail to fully realize and manifest the total sufficiency of Christ and His grace.
Read MoreWaiting in Tarsus
Read MoreA Man with Two Diseases
Read MoreThere is wisdom for us in understanding and aligning ourselves with the purposes of God. There is incredible foolishness in and consequences for aligning ourselves against Him.
Read MoreBeing Good at Being a Man
Read MoreA determination to give generously above and beyond what was required was the heart of the early church, as it should be the heart of every believer.
Read MoreBy Acts 11, the seed of the gospel that started in Jerusalem was spreading rapidly throughout the known world, with Antioch soon becoming a hub, bursting at the seems with new converts. The church in Jerusalem sent a man to train and encourage these recently converted former pagans. They sent a "good man" named Barnabas, who was known as an encourager.
Read MorePrejudice is the grouping of people by a particular character trait deemed as lesser. It is human nature to be prejudiced towards those who are perceived as different. However, there is absolutely no place for prejudice in the Christian life. We are all sinners before God, and we are all the objects of His love as demonstrated in the life and death of Jesus Christ. God forbid that we say, "God forbid" to someone who needs His love.
Read MoreThe Encouragers
Read MoreRemember - Episode 57
Read MoreAfter Paul was saved on the Damascus road and before the began his ministry to the gentile world in earnest he spent 3 years in Arabia. This was a time he spent with the Lord and growing in the spirit. We spend too little time alone with the lord and our contemporary culture often makes this even more difficult.
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