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Have you ever wished you were gifted like some other people? In this passage, the Apostle Paul reveals that every believer receives a unique gift. But unlike the usual gifts we receive, these gifts are an expression of God’s love for the world, channeled through us. Thank you for subscribing and sharing. #eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #corinthians #peace #joy #hope #love #grow #serve #share #ser...

Excellence isn’t an accident. As Paul explains in this week’s passage, to win the prize takes discipline and dedication. A relentless pursuit of the goal. Only then will you be ready to bring your best when the stakes are highest.  Thank you for subscribing and sharing. #eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #corinthians #peace #joy #hope #love #grow #serve #share #sermon #southjerseychurch

“To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete" (Nike). "To accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy" (Tesla). "To organize the world's information" (Google). The best companies in the world are crystal clear about what their “win” is, and everything–resources, decisions, strategies–all are directed accordingly. For the Apostle Paul, his clear win was to reach people for Jesu...

Worship and Recovery Pastor Steve Johansson challenges us to gauge our thoughts and actions based on whether they are beneficial for us AND for others based on the leading of God's Word in our lives. Thank you for subscribing and sharing. #eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #corinthians #peace #joy #hope #love #grow #serve #share #sermon #southjerseychurch

Have you thought you were something only to learn you weren’t as incredible as you thought? If you suffered from a delusion of grandeur, would you want to know? In this week’s passage, Paul calls out the Corinthian believers for their over-inflated sense of greatness. They believed they had already arrived at spiritual maturity and enlightenment–surpassing even the Apostles! And Paul had every int...

Have you ever bought something that looked good, but turned out to be poor quality? Quality is determined by two things: the manufacturer’s skill and the quality of the materials they use. In this passage, the Apostle Paul challenges his readers that their spiritual foundation–Jesus himself–warrants only their best skill and the choicest materials for building their lives both individually and cor...

Depending on who you ask, A.I. is either the greatest threat to humanity’s existence… or a soon-to-be form of higher intelligence with the potential to solve all the world’s problems and usher in an era of human flourishing never before imagined. (Sounds nice.) But the intelligence great enough to save the world isn’t something we can either solve for or create in an algorithm. A.I. can’t save the...

There’s a reason people often find Christianity unappealing. After all, belief in God is one thing. (Most people do). But to believe that God died on the cross sounds kind of crazy. Even foolish. Absurd. Which is why it’s tempting to want to make Christianity sound better. More triumph, less cross. More winning, less sacrifice. But doing so runs the risk that our faith, while more appealing and po...

As Paul moves into the body of his letter, he turns to his first major concern for the church in Corinth: division. Sadly, church disagreements and divisions are neither new nor rare. Churches divide over all kinds of issues, big and small. The irony? We often justify our divisions in the name of the One who gave his life to unite us. Thank you for subscribing and sharing. #eastonbiblechurch #hain...

How did you finish 2025? Were you at the top of your game, or holding on by your fingernails? As the saying goes, it’s not how you start that’s important as much as how you finish. In the opening to his first letter to the church in Corinth, Paul reminds his readers (and us) that we have everything we need to finish strong (v. 8). Thank you for subscribing and sharing. #eastonbiblechurch #hainespo...

EBC Youth Pastor Nathan Souza encourages us for 2026 to build our relationship with God by Seeking Him With All Our Heart through prayer. #eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #christmas #peace #joy #hope #love #grow #serve #share #prayer #southjerseychurch

The lyrics to “Joy to the World,” were written by the English pastor and hymnwriter Isaac Watts in 1719,  inspired by Psalm 98. It’s a psalm of celebration, calling the whole world to rejoice in God’s coming reign and the restoration he brings. Of course, the psalm never mentions Jesus or his birth or incarnation. So, what does Psalm 98 have to do with Christmas? Everything. #eastonbiblechurch #ha...

When the angels appeared to the shepherds in the fields, they proclaimed, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14). It sounds nice, but our lives and the world often feel anything but peaceful. In his letter to the Ephesian church, the Apostle Paul clues us into the peace our hearts yearn for and how Jesus is the peace we need. #eastonbiblechurch...

Worship & Recovery Pastor Steve Johansson shares this week that God has been on a rescue mission since the fall of man.  He is relentlessly searching for and chasing after us.  He loves us so much, that He was willing to risk everything and pay the highest cost for our redemption. More info https://www.ebc.org ebc.org/recovery or call (609.267.4755), email ( office@ebc.org ), DM us on Instagram or...

Blaise Pascal famously claimed that every person has an “infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object; in other words by God himself” (Pensées, 11.181). As humans, we have a longing, not just to know about God, whether he exists or what he’s like, but to truly know him. But how do you get to a God who is “infinite and immutable”? How do you know a God like that? And, eve...

Christianity has lots of beliefs. That God created the world. That sin broke the world. That God is triune–One God, three Persons–and that salvation is a gift of grace, not something we can earn. But the central belief of Christianity isn’t a religious idea or doctrine. It’s a historical event: Jesus’ resurrection. Put simply, if Jesus didn’t really rise from the dead, Christianity doesn’t count f...

Have you ever wondered why anyone would believe a book (actually, 66 texts put together) written over a few thousand years by dozens of authors was divinely-inspired? If the Bible is the anchor which grounds Christian faith and reveals God’s Word, and is itself the very word of God, we need to have confidence in our most significant revealed source as the supreme and final authority in matters of...

Here’s the problem: if God is both all powerful and all-loving, why is there so much suffering in the world? Why doesn’t he stop everything bad from happening? For some people, suffering is enough to convince them that God can’t exist. But what Christianity offers is a perspective of life that is brutally honest–suffering is real and unavoidable–but also overwhelmingly hopeful for a future beyond...

Does God exist? Can we really know? In Romans 1, the Apostle Paul offers an incredibly profound answer; that we can’t not know God exists, and yet we can deny his existence to such a degree that we no longer know what we once knew. More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email ( office@ebc.org ), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank y...

How did you first meet Jesus? Chances are Jesus didn’t appear to you in a vision (though that does happen). And it wasn’t from a Bible placed by the Gideons in a hotel room (that, too!). It was when someone introduced you to him by inviting you to “come and see” Jesus for yourself. More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email ( office@ebc.org ), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or co...

Telling someone about Jesus can seem like an intimidating proposition. A lot of times, our fear falls along the lines of: What if they ask a question I can’t answer? I’m not a bible scholar! But while you might not be a bible scholar or an expert in theology, you are an expert when it comes to what God has done in your life. If you want to tell someone about Jesus, often the best –and the most com...

Have you ever thought a particular job was beneath you? Faced with a dirty toilet, you thought, “That’s not my job—someone else should do it!”? If anyone ever had the right to demand service, it was Jesus. But Jesus demonstrated his true power by making himself the ultimate servant. If we’re going to bless others, we have to follow his lead, looking for opportunities to serve rather than be served...

As Dave and Jon Ferguson write, “Something special happens when we gather at the table” (B.L.E.S.S., p. 77). When you share a meal, you’re more likely to move past a lot of the small-talk that constitutes so many social interactions. No surprise then that Jesus was known for eating with all sorts of people–wealthy, poor, religious elites, and “sinners.”  Jesus didn’t really do small-talk. He wante...

Hearing is an ability. Listening is a skill. If we’re going to love our neighbors well, before we talk, we have to learn to listen. More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email ( office@ebc.org ), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing #eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #love #grow #serve #share #prayer #l...

So, you want to bless other people, but don’t know how to get started? The first step is simple (just not always easy): pray for them. More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email ( office@ebc.org ), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing #eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #love #grow #serve #share #prayer...