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New Series Begins This Sunday: “FAMILY TALK”
“Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ” (Ephesians 4:15 ESV). What if the goal of communication wasn’t just to be heard—but to become one? This Sunday, we’re launching…
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DON’T MISS THE FINAL MESSAGE ON KINGDOM LIVING!
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” — Matthew 7:24 (ESV) After sixteen weeks of walking verse by verse through the greatest sermon…
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REMEMBERING A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT LOVING OUR ENEMIES MEANS…
“You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in…
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DAILY BIBLE READINGS FOR PASSION WEEK
“And he said to them, ‘I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer’” (Luke 22:15 ESV). This coming Sunday begins what many Christians call Holy Week or Passion Week. It is called “Passion” week because…
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It’s Time to Celebrate and Bring Our First Gifts
This Sunday is a special day in the life of our church—a day to celebrate and bring our first gifts toward our It’s Time faith commitments! Over the past several weeks, we’ve journeyed through the book of Haggai, hearing God’s call to…
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LEAVING 2024
“But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard” (Isaiah 52:12 NIV). We’ve all heard the cliche, “Out with the old, and in with the new.” Yet,…
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My heaven series booklist…
Many of you have been asking for a list of the books I’ve been referencing over the past six weeks during our sermon series, “HEAVEN: It’s Better Than You Ever Imagined.” So I thought I’d post about it today. Here…
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THE SEVEN LAST WORDS
“And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.” – Mark 15:37 (ESV) On this Good Friday let us meditate upon the seven last words of Jesus from the cross: These seven last words are like seven diamonds on…
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DAILY BIBLE READINGS FOR PASSION WEEK
“And he said to them, ‘I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer’” (Luke 22:15 ESV). This coming Sunday begins what many Christians call Holy Week or Passion Week. It is called “Passion” week because…
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Eastgate celebrates 32 years!
Happy 32nd Anniversary Eastgate Church! Over 32 years ago, on Sunday, November 17, 1991, we held an organizational meeting in our home to discuss the idea of planting a church. We invited around 40 people to attend. Fifteen people came. At the…