Eastland Baptist Messages

Eastland Baptist Church
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Each week our pastors study diligently to deliver practical, thought-provoking messages from the Word of God. Listen here, or visit us at eastlandbaptist.org.

  1. 2d ago

    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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    45 min

  2. 2d ago

    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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    39 min

  3. Jun 23

    Leave An Inheritance - Season 5, Episode 70

    What are you pouring into the lives of the people closest to you? Whether we realize it or not, every one of us is leaving a wake behind us — our character, habits, values, and faith spilling over into the lives of those in our closest proximity. Drawing from Proverbs 13:22, Pastor Dorrell illuminates the biblical portrait of a good man, one whose life streams things of virtue and enduring worth into his children and grandchildren — not merely financial wealth, but a moral and spiritual inheritance that outlasts the moment. Be deliberate and intentional about the deposit your life is making in others, because a good name, a faithful example, and a life that loves Jesus are the inheritances most worth leaving. 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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    27 min

  4. Jun 23

    Leaving a Legacy - Season 5, Episode 69

    What will your children inherit from you? In a culture obsessed with financial provision and physical legacy, the most urgent crisis facing families today is not economic — it is spiritual. Drawing from Moses' ancient charge in Deuteronomy 6 and Paul's model in 1 Thessalonians 2, Pastor Dorrell confronts fathers with the sobering reality that a dad's spiritual influence is most visible when it is absent, and issues a call to "generational survival" — the refusal to let your spiritual lineage die on your watch. A father cannot transmit what he does not possess, and the greatest inheritance any dad can leave his children is not a paid-off estate, but an unshakable faith in the Lord 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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    37 min

  5. Jun 23

    Ecclesiastes | The Conclusion of the Whole Matter - Season 5, Episode 68

    What are you really chasing? Solomon — the wealthiest, wisest, most powerful man of his era — closes his personal essay on life's meaning with a sobering verdict: every human effort pursued apart from God is futile. In this concluding passage of Ecclesiastes, Pastor John examines Solomon's final charge to his readers, tracing the contrast between a life driven by self-serving ambition and one anchored in reverent obedience. The central claim is direct: fearing God and keeping his commandments is not one option among many — it is the whole duty of man. Examine where the fear of man has quietly replaced the fear of God in your own life, and allow Scripture's "goads" to redirect you toward the one Shepherd who leads with purpose. 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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    28 min

  6. Jun 16

    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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    28 min

  7. Jun 16

    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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    42 min

  8. Jun 11

    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. Connect with Us Website: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlandbaptisttulsa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlandbaptist To support the ministry of Eastland Baptist Church, tap here: https://www.eastlandbaptist.org/give

    37 min
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