Jesus Christ has singularly impacted history in a way that is unprecedented, difficult to fathom, and truly supernatural. As those who claim to follow Him, it would be wise to examine how much we allow Him to impact our day-to-day lives.
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In this message, we learn about God's promise to Israel during a time of darkness and judgment. This promise was that a child would be born, and he would bring deliverance to his people. We explore the four names Isaiah gave to describe this coming deliverer and how they encourage us to seek guidance, strength, care, and peace from Jesus.
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The story of Christmas is a story of unbelievable condescension. It is a story of unbelievable humility—for which we praise God. As Christians, there is no better way to emulate and glorify Christ than to demonstrate the same humility he demonstrated when he came to earth as a helpless baby—the humility we celebrate in this season.
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God has promised a ministry to His children. He has predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son, and He is working to bring about this ministry in our lives.
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It is vital that we not become so enraptured with the gift that we fail to be thankful for the giver.
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This message discusses how modernity has made us wealthy, but we are not richer for it. Seeking pleasure and abundance reduces happiness, whereas humility increases it. The message emphasizes the importance of seeing life as a resource, serving others, and finding fulfillment in God and service to others.
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Gratitude is a gift from God that allows us to appreciate and experience the beauty and wonder of the world. Our senses give us the ability to see and appreciate the world, and equally, gratitude is a gift that contributes to a vibrant and joyful life. The episode highlights how failure to be thankful could detract from the richness of life.
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This message explores the importance of demonstrating resiliency and grace towards one another in our fallen, sinful world. The speaker uses the analogy of a bank account, emphasizing the need for regular deposits in our relationships to offset the withdrawals of our sin nature. We are reminded that maintaining positive relationships and institutions requires both grace and intentional investment.
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We are known to others by our spirit, otherwise known as our attitude. It is our attitude or our disposition that can make or break us as people and as Christians.
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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.
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There'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.
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Most 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.
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Salvation 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.
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Paul 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.
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Paul'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.
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In 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.
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It is vital that, as Christians, our orthodoxy be followed with a lived out doctrine that can be observed. Visibility gives us viability.
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Acts 13 marks the beginning of the missionary endeavors of the early church, which became their primary purpose and focus.
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In 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.
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Waiting in Tarsus
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