Eastmont Church Weekly Teachings

Looking at today's culture what can we learn by turning our lives over to the Lord.

God has given each follower of Jesus our own world to impact … a select sphere of influence. For some it is quite large and for others it is smaller. But what matters most is that we realize why (the purpose) He has given us our own unique spot to impact with our individual lives. Simply put: the reason we are here is so that we can be Jesus in this place. In other words, we are to embody Christ o...

Most of us were told by our parents to do a certain something and when we asked them why we should, they responded with, “Because I told you so.” It can be sort of like that when it comes to communion. Most of us take the bread and the cup with little real understanding of the “why” of it, other than because “Jesus said so.” Communion is one of two ritualistic practices that Jesus gave to His Chur...

Baptism was a common practice in the culture of Jesus and the early church. It is something people saw often and realized what it meant. But in the eyes of many today, the Christian ritual of baptism is kind of a strange looking thing to do. Honestly, dunking someone under water in a pool, river or water tank inside a church building looks and feels odd. However, if the meaning is explained and th...

In our previous study of Philippians 2:5-11 we learned that Jesus has always existed as fully God and that He also became completely human when He came to Earth. But why did He, as God, become human? In other words, what were His reasons for becoming like us?  The answer to this question is multi-faceted and absolutely amazing. In fact, the more we appreciate why Jesus became human the more we’ll...

Revelation 21 A New Heaven and a New Earth 21  Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” [ a ]  for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.   2  I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.   3  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwellin...

Today we are privileged to have Eastmont supported missionary Bruce Tissell with us speaking in both services. Bruce serves with WorldVenture in Teresina, Brazil training lay leaders and pastors for the Brazilian church.

  Jesus is full of joy. He created happiness. No one smiles as broad as He does. No one laughs louder than Him. No one “lights up the room” like Him. No one has more fun in life than He does and no one is more enjoyable to be around than He is. No one can make your life lighter and ease your burdens better than He can. And the truth is, no one wants to fill your life with joy more than Jesus! WOW...

 To use a sport’s analogy, here at Eastmont Church, Jesus is the Team Owner, a few of us are the coaches  He has appointed to lead, and all of us are the players  He has brought together as His team . Now the Bible, which is the player’s manual that God  wrote for us, defines “winning” as … lovingly help people everywhere become fully devoted followers of Jesus.  Obviously, for this  “win” to happ...

  Francis Chan wrote, God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. God measures our lives by our love. According to God, we are here to love. Not much else really matters! Chan’s thoughts are certainly in harmony with what we learned in our first look at Philippians 2:1-5. Specifically, that Jesus has placed His heart of love & mercy within us. He bids us follow Him by using our hea...

The Apostle Paul was an amazingly loving sort of guy. He wasn’t always that way. His early life, as a deeply religious but misguided man, had been spent ruthlessly running over people in the pursuit of his own selfish ambitions. Paul ruined and destroyed the lives of countless men, women and children for what he was sure was right, what he thought he was supposed to do, and how he thought others s...

We are continuing this morning in our ongoing series in the book of Philippians. Today we are looking at the price to pay when you freely love others like Jesus.

As followers of Jesus, there are certain core beliefs, which we hold to be so trustworthy that one could literally stake their current life and eternal destiny on their truthfulness. In fact, that’s what we’re actually doing here at Eastmont Church! So to start with, you should know that these teachings come straight from the Bible. And while there’s a lot more we could share with you about what t...

The Apostle Paul tells us to live life  in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ.   Okay then, two immediate questions:   First, what is the Gospel ?  Sadly, believers  in today’s culture struggle giving a clear, concise and correct Biblical answer to  this most foundational question of Christianity.  Second, what does it look like to live a life that is worthy of the Gospel?  Now while these tw...

Chris Santaguida discusses how Philippians shows how Family Ministry and the church work better together.

John Nagle talks about Philippians 1:20-26 and how it is so joyful to honor Jesus.

John Nagle takes us through Philipians 1:12-21.

Blaine discusses what Philippians and how it relates to our lives today.

This week we have a guest sermon by Rob Karch speaking on Acts 11 Verse 19-30.

John Nagle discusses Philippians 1:12-21

Blaine Braden discusses Philippians 1.