Eastland Baptist Messages

The Crossroads of Consequences - Season 5, Episode 75

After every battle is won and every blessing received, why do so many drift into complacency instead of gratitude and faithful service? Pastor Joshua examines Joshua's farewell address to Israel at Shechem, where the aging leader reminds the nation of God's choice, power, and presence before confronting their creeping idolatry and lukewarm hearts. His conclusion is unmistakable: fear the Lord, put away every rival god, and serve Him in sincerity and truth, because indecision is itself a decision. Listeners are challenged to settle the matter personally and within their own households, declaring alongside Joshua, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Eastland is a Place to Belong Eastland Baptist Church is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a welcoming and close-knit family community that loves to care for each other through the Church. We strongly believe in loving and supporting each other and our neighbors. Our members don’t just attend our Church; they feel a strong sense of belonging. Join Us Find service times and our location at https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join]. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa [https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist [https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist] To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give]

1 Timothy | Be Godly - Season 5, Episode 74

What you consume shapes who you become—so what happens when a mind constantly absorbs outrage, conspiracy, and empty philosophy instead of truth? Pastor Dorrell examines Paul's charge to young Timothy, a timid pastor surrounded by false teachers in ancient Ephesus, showing how spiritual health begins with guarding what enters the heart. Unlike bodily exercise that has limited value, Paul insists godliness—reflecting the character of Christ in word, conduct, love, and purity—profits in every way, both now and forever. Listeners are challenged to examine their daily intake, replace spiritual junk food with Scripture, and pursue a quiet, authentic life that convincingly resembles Jesus Christ. Eastland is a Place to Belong Eastland Baptist Church is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a welcoming and close-knit family community that loves to care for each other through the Church. We strongly believe in loving and supporting each other and our neighbors. Our members don’t just attend our Church; they feel a strong sense of belonging. Join Us Find service times and our location at https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join]. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa [https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist [https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist] To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give]

Jude | Contend for the Faith - Season 5 Episode 73

False teaching rarely announces itself—it slips in unnoticed, often through the media we scroll every day. Pastor Ben examines Jude's urgent letter to a church already infiltrated by ungodly influences who twisted grace into an excuse for immorality while denying Christ's lordship. Drawing a parallel to a hidden conspiracy within General George Washington's own ranks, he shows that being called, sanctified, and preserved by God is not license for complacency but a summons to vigilance. The central thesis: believers must earnestly contend for the faith, trading passive consumption for active discernment. Listeners are challenged to submit every thought, priority, and habit of media consumption to the lordship of Jesus Christ. Eastland is a Place to Belong Eastland Baptist Church is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a welcoming and close-knit family community that loves to care for each other through the Church. We strongly believe in loving and supporting each other and our neighbors. Our members don’t just attend our Church; they feel a strong sense of belonging. Join Us Find service times and our location at https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join]. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa [https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist [https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist] To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give]

1 Timothy | The Great Falling Away - Season 5, Episode 72

How does a devoted believer end up walking away from the faith they once held with conviction? In this sermon from 1 Timothy 4, Pastor Dorrell examines the anatomy of apostasy, tracing how spiritual defection rarely arrives as a sudden shock but instead as the culmination of a long, gradual surrender to “seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.” Drawing from Paul's warnings to Timothy and the church at Ephesus, he confronts the modern equivalents — expressive individualism, deconstructionist theology, social media, and scientific mysticism — that quietly recalibrate the conscience until biblical truth no longer registers. Listeners are challenged to subject every teaching they consume to three litmus tests — authority, Christology, and holiness — and to keep their hearts soft and repentant before God. Eastland is a Place to Belong Eastland Baptist Church is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a welcoming and close-knit family community that loves to care for each other through the Church. We strongly believe in loving and supporting each other and our neighbors. Our members don’t just attend our Church; they feel a strong sense of belonging. Join Us Find service times and our location at https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join]. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa [https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist [https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist] To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give]

Ecclesiastes | Everything Is Never Enough - Season 5, Episode 71

What if the things you've spent your life chasing — career, wealth, comfort, approval — were never capable of delivering what you hoped? In this concluding message from Ecclesiastes, Pastor Dorrell draws on Solomon's sweeping indictment of life "under the sun" to confront the functional saviors modern people quietly trust for identity, security, and happiness. He illuminates the Hebrew word havel — vapor — to show that our compulsive grasping after earthly things is not just futile, but a distraction from what is genuinely durable: fearing God, keeping his commandments, and finding contentment in the ordinary gifts of the present. Listeners are challenged to demote their earthly expectations, release the illusion of control, and reorganize their lives around the unchanging word of God. Eastland is a Place to Belong Eastland Baptist Church is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a welcoming and close-knit family community that loves to care for each other through the Church. We strongly believe in loving and supporting each other and our neighbors. Our members don’t just attend our Church; they feel a strong sense of belonging. Join Us Find service times and our location at https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/join]. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa [https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist [https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist] To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give [https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give]