The Word - Season 5, Episode 53

When the Fire Fades - Season 5, Episode 67

God speaks, moves, and works — and then real life shows up. What do you do when the spiritual high fades and the enemy is already at the door? Pastor Andrew Calabrese examines Elijah’s swift collapse after the victory on Mount Carmel, drawing a direct line between the prophet’s experience and the believer’s life after any significant moment of spiritual clarity. The central conviction is this: a decision made in a moment only becomes real when it is walked out in ordinary life. Resist isolation, remember what God said, and keep moving forward — because God’s faithfulness doesn’t expire when the feeling does. 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 | Truth and Practice - Season 5, Episode 66

What happens to a church when the truth it proclaims is contradicted by the lives of those who claim it? In a world actively dismantling objective reality — redefining identity, truth, and authority — Pastor Dorrell confronts the local church with its God-assigned mandate: to be the pillar and ground of the truth. Drawing from Paul’s qualifications for deacons in 1 Timothy 3, he illuminates how servant leadership is not a management structure but a visible theology — proof that the gospel actually transforms people. Every believer is challenged to stop treating church casually and start living as a blameless, grace-filled testimony that truth has a face. 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 | Withhold Not Your Hand - Season 5, Episode 61

We live in an age of soft nihilism — not a philosophy consciously embraced, but a drift into passivity, presuming on tomorrow, waiting for the perfect moment that never arrives. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 11, Pastor Ben shows that Solomon's repeated refrain of vanity is not a counsel of despair but a clarion call to action: because life is uncertain, tomorrow is not guaranteed, and outcomes rest with a sovereign God, the right response is not paralysis but bold, faith-filled engagement today. Like William Borden, who sowed broadly and died at 25 never knowing the harvest his obedience would yield, we are called to give, serve, invest, and risk — leaving the outcome entirely to 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 | The Clock Is Ticking - Season 5 Episode 65

Most of us live under the quiet illusion that time is endless — spending our days on shallow ambitions, delayed obedience, and petty grievances as if the ledger never runs out. In Ecclesiastes 11–12, Solomon confronts that illusion head-on, calling readers to a life of temperance: neither self-denying nor self-indulgent, but fully alive within the boundaries of God's Word. He illuminates the sweetness of daily gifts, warns that old age and death are certain, and challenges both young and old to stop deferring faithfulness to some imagined future season. Build your spiritual habits now, forgive now, enjoy now — because the door is open today, and one day it will not be. 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]

The Ministry Behind the Ministry - Season 5, Episode 64

What if the most significant contribution you make to ministry this week never requires you to set foot where the ministry happens? Drawing from Paul's closing charge in Colossians 4, Andrew Calabrese confronts the church's tendency to measure ministry by what is visible while overlooking the invisible work that makes it all possible. Using Paul's three-part call to pray persistently, expectantly, and specifically, Pastor Andrew illuminates prayer not as preparation for the greater work, but as the greater work itself. Every believer, regardless of their role, is challenged to still their heart and pray — because behind every visible work of God is an invisible one. 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]