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Maybe you have heard the phrase: "My relationship with Jesus is a personal decision." While each of us must choose for ourselves who we will put our faith in and anchor our lives in, a life with Jesus requires a faith that is not only personal, but also public.If we study the life of Jesus and model our lives after His, we quickly discover that our public faith expresses His heart by the way we see people, expand our compassion, and sacrifice what we have for the good of others. Learn more as...

As we continue our series, "Did God Say...", we're tackling one of those phrases that often finds its way into our conversations during challenging seasons, "God Won't Give You More Than You Can Handle."This saying may be well-intentioned, but oftentimes it proves to be more harmful than helpful. It can dismiss the real pain and problems we are facing, suggesting that if things become too overwhelming, it's somehow a failure on our part. It can also imply that each of us should be able to han...

Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard someone say “If God closes a door, he'll open a window,". How about “God works in mysterious ways”? As a culture we’ve done a pretty good job at deciding who we think God is and what we think he thinks or says. How often do we throw these “God quotes” around? And how helpful and truthful are they, really? Did God really tell us that He helps those who help themselves? Did He really say that He’ll never give us more than we can handle? They say the bible re...

Your journey probably hasn't been a straightforward one. There have likely been unexpected detours and setbacks, moments when progress felt like an uphill battle. It's during these twists and turns that we may question whether God's plans for our lives are truly good. So often we can think faith and doubt can not exist together, but they often co-exist in our story. God can actually use our doubts to strengthen our faith.Eastown was created for you! It’s for people who want to explore faith w...

The turning point of the Prodigal son’s story is quite literally that he turned around. He had every right to feel too ashamed, but somewhere deep down, he believed that there was still a chance there’d be something for him when he returned (even if it was just as a servant). If he never took the leap to turn around, he would’ve never experienced the joy of coming home. It may be true that your life has taken a path that you’re not proud of, but what’s more true is that God loves you. This me...

Have you ever felt like you couldn’t escape the narratives around you? Society’s stories can have you believing there’s no hope of seeing yourself or people seeing you differently. How would your life be different if you could see yourself the way God does? What would you believe that you could do? Mary Magdalene was not born into a society that would’ve held her in high esteem, and yet when the moment arose for her to be the first to proclaim the gospel she didn’t hesitate.Eastown was create...