Eastgate Elementals 2024: Purpose, Values and Vision
Part 2 of a review of what we call “Eastgate Elementals”. This week we review our purpose, values and vision. Click here for a pdf of the teaching slideshow.
Feb 25, 2024•22 min
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Eastgate Elementals 2024: Review of Leadership
A review of why we are here and what our goals, purpose and objectives are. This week, we review our views on leadership. Click here for a pdf of the teaching slideshow.
Feb 18, 2024•52 min
John #47: Book of John Recap (John 1-21)
Join us as we give a quick review of the last year’s study in the book of John. Click here for a pdf of the teaching slideshow.
Feb 11, 2024•37 min•Season 4Ep. 46
John #46: The Mission Continues (John 21:1-25)
I still remember one of the most often repeated phrases I heard after Hurricane Michael was: “I just can’t wait for things to get back to normal” . It was an understandable sentiment. Whenever we go through times and circumstances that push us out of our regular patterns in life, as when life is hard and confusing, we just want to get back to something familiar so we can try and reorient ourselves. It’s a typical response. We’re going to be reading about Jesus’ disciples doing just that as come ...
Feb 04, 2024•42 min•Season 4Ep. 45
John #45: A Very Present Jesus (John 20:19-30)
This Sunday we’re going to be reading John 20:19-31 , which finishes up the chapter. This chapter brings us to the end of the Book of Glory, with only the epilogue (ch 21) remaining. In this chapter we’ll be reading about Jesus’ appearance to the rest of the disciples and to Thomas – and we’ll be considering the ramifications of the risen Christ in the midst of his followers. Jesus shows up in the middle of a locked room. He is obviously present in a new kind of physicality, one that is not hind...
Jan 28, 2024•48 min•Season 4Ep. 45
John #44: A New Creation (John 20:1-18)
The creation account in Genesis begins in the dark: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.”. God intervened and spoke light, order and life. All of that went wrong when a man and a woman stood in a garden and rejected God’s rule. As a result, darkness, chaos and death again captivated the scene. The gospel of John echoes a lot of those the...
Jan 21, 2024•44 min•Season 4Ep. 44
John #43: The New Normal (John 19:31-42)
This Sunday we are going to continue our study in the book of John chapter 19 verses 31-42 . These verses are exciting because the Old Testament has been laying bricks on a road that led to this very moment. John has been adding to that by continuing to pave the way with every story and detail he has included in the gospel. What we find in these verses is a continuation of John wasting no words or adding unnecessary information. There are so many connections to the Old Testament that are linked ...
Jan 14, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 43
John #42: It Is Finished (John 19:16-30)
I love it when I’m able to finish a project. I just recently finished up a book cover illustration for a friend of mine, and I experienced a great sense of satisfaction (as well as relief) that the artwork was acceptable. There is something wonderful about bringing a project or a mission to it’s proper close. That being said, I find it so hard to relate those feelings to what I read about when Jesus brings his project to a close, in the passage we’ll be reading this Sunday. We’ll be reading John...
Jan 07, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 42
John #41: God's Powerful Purposes (John 19:1-16a)
We’re only a little over a week from Christmas – and we’re also almost done with our study in the Gospel of John. I know that oftentimes I use this week to teach on Christmas themes, but I just feel the section we’re in demands we continue…at least one more week. Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday this year, and we’ll be doing our annual Christmas Eve service during our morning service (make a note!) – so this Sunday we’ll be continuing our John series with the second part of Jesus’ trial before Pi...
Dec 17, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 41
John #40: What Kind of King? (John 18:28-40)
At Christmastime we celebrate the birth of Jesus – and that is something that forces a question in most of our minds: why was Jesus born? Most Evangelicals would likely respond that He was born so he could die for our sins and bring us salvation. Jesus, however, actually gives us the answer as to why he was born in the text we’ll be reading this Sunday. We’ll be reading the account of Jesus before Pilate in our study of the Gospel of John, ch 18:28-40. Pilate was the Roman governor over Judea. H...
Dec 10, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 40
John #39: Hearts Revealed In A Crisis (John 1:1-28)
At Christmastime we celebrate the birth of Jesus – and that is something that forces a question in most of our minds: why was Jesus born? Most Evangelicals would likely respond that He was born so he could die for our sins and bring us salvation. Jesus, however, actually gives us the answer as to why he was born in the text we’ll be reading this Sunday. We’ll be reading the account of Jesus before Pilate in our study of the Gospel of John, ch 18:28-40. Pilate was the Roman governor over Judea. H...
Dec 03, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 39
John #38: Purpose Revealed In Prayer (John 17:1-26)
Prayers can come in all shapes and sizes. Obviously the prayer in the picture above is a joke, but I have to admit that it is not far off from some of the prayers I have prayed myself. This Sunday we will be reading what is known as the “Farewell Prayer” or the “Priestly Prayer” found in John 17:1-26 . By far this is the longest recorded prayer that Jesus has in any of the four gospels. This prayer represents the last words before the religious leaders and Judas arrive to arrest Jesus. Jesus cho...
Nov 20, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 38
John #37: Searching For Jesus In The Suffering (John 16:16-33)
This Sunday we will be reading John 16:16-33 , where Jesus tells the disciples about the difficulties they will soon face. However, instead of leaving it as a bleak warning about what is to come, Jesus offers encouragement along with the warning. Jesus tells the disciples they can ask God for help in Jesus’ name, He promises abundant joy, and He assures them of his ability to help. Jesus knows that we will face many trials and sorrows, but he encourages us to hold on and to believe that He is po...
Nov 12, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 37
John #36: Between World and Spirit (John 15:18-16:15
I heard someone tell a story from his boot-camp days in the military. He said that one day a new recruit got off the bus with water skis and a fishing rod under his arms. Apparently, the recruiting officer told him that the boot camp was on an island (which was true), and that people could ski and fish (which was also true, if by “people” he didn’t mean the recruit, but civilians if they were allowed on the island). The recruit soon found out that skiing and fishing were not on his drill instruc...
Nov 05, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 36
John #35: Vine and Branches (John 15:1-17)
This Sunday we’ll be looking at another, very likely familiar, passage from the Gospel of John. We’ll be reading John 15:1-17 , Jesus’ famous discourse on the Vine and branches. In our study last week, we considered how Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would come and live in us. In this section we’ll be reversing that, and we’ll consider how we are called to live in Christ. Jesus employs a metaphor that is pretty straightforward to understand the principle of, but a little more tricky to iden...
Oct 29, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 35
John #34: Our Closest Friend (John 14:15-31)
Over the years I’ve heard people wish again and again that they could have been alive during the days that Jesus walked the earth. Often this desire is expressed when facing something perplexing about our faith, and the assumption is, if I could just see Jesus and ask him I wouldn’t be confused right now. That, however, is flawed thinking. One consistent element of all the Gospel accounts is the confusion and misunderstanding Jesus’ disciples experienced. There’s no evidence given in the Gospels...
Oct 22, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 34
John #33: Assurance In Adversity (John 14:1-14)
How hard or how easy is it for you to live this encouragement out in real life? Do you ever feel overwhelmed by a troubled world or your own difficulties? Have you ever found yourself frustrated by verses like the one above because, try as you may to believe, your troubles seem relentless? I know I certainly have. We’re going to be reading John 14:1-14 this Sunday, where Jesus issues the directions quoted above. It is couched in the section commonly called “Jesus’ farewell address to his discipl...
Oct 15, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 33
John #32: The Great Distinctive (John 13:18-38)
When a person has on a garnet and gold shirt with a feathered spear emblazoned on the chest, you can get a pretty good idea what college team they root for come football season. Same thing when someone stretches their arms out front, right arm over left and begins moving the arms up and down, you can easily guess what reptilian mascot they pull for. People’s loyalties will often have identifiable distinctives. But what about a loyalty to Jesus? How can people tell that a person is committed to H...
Oct 08, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 32
John #31: Redemptive Love (John 13:1-17)
Imagine you’ve been asked to a dinner party for the small company you work for. As you’re waiting for dinner to be served and people are sitting and chatting, your boss has quietly gone to the corner of the room and stripped down to his underwear and with a jug of bottled water, starts going down the line of guests and begins washing their feet. Besides being the basis for a huge lawsuit – how would something like that make you feel? Would it unnerve you? Would you protest this action? We’re goi...
Oct 02, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 31
John #30: Famous Last Words (John 12:44-50)
This Sunday we will be reading John 12:44-50 , which contains the very last thing Jesus says to the crowds during his three year ministry before the cross. After this, Jesus’ words will be reserved for the disciples, the religious leadership, and the people who watch him as he is crucified. Various crowds have been following Jesus for the last three years, and he has but a few moments to speak to them for the last time. Up to this point in the story, Jesus has proven himself through miracles, he...
Sep 24, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 30
John #29: A Misperceived Glory (John 12:27-43)
Have you ever heard an audible voice from heaven giving you direction? I never have – though I know people who have had that type of experience. I used to think that if I could just hear God shouting out of the clouds letting me know he was there that I would never doubt again. We’re going to see from our passage this Sunday that its really not that simple. Well be reading John 12:27-43 . This passage includes a supernatural event like I described above, but it certainly doesn’t have the result ...
Sep 17, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 29
John #28: The Image of Triumph (John 12:12-26)
After many successful dodges of the authorities, and many hush, hush miracles, this week we’ll see Jesus boldy riding into Jerusalem to claim his throne as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We’ll be picking up in our text this week covering John 12:12-26 . We’ll be covering a segment of scripture known as the triumphal entry. The surprising thing is Jesus doesn’t ride in to town on a majestic war horse dressed for battle, he rides in on a lowly donkey clothed like the poor. What might this sugges...
Sep 11, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 28
John #27: Anointed As King (John 12:1-11)
History is filled with accounts of royal coronations. Emperors, kings and queens ascend their thrones amid pomp and ceremony, all of it designed to celebrate the new rule and power over people. Sometimes the ceremony is meant to inspire fear, other times there were assurances of peace and prosperity, but all of it was focused on the new ruler’s power. Coronations of kings and priests run as a thread all through the Hebrew bible – and very rarely did the ruler placed on the throne do well with th...
Sep 03, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 27
John #26: Following Broken Patterns (John 11:45-57)
Have you seen any of those videos that inform you that you are incorrectly attending to some menial task you’ve been practicing your whole life? For instance, most of us tie our shoelaces incorrectly. Or we hold the can opener the wrong way. There’s just a plethora of habits and patterns we’ve accepted in our daily lives that can be proven wrong. That is a startling truth when in comes to how we, as Christians, carry ourselves in this broken world. There are patterns that the world has which we ...
Aug 27, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 26
John #25: Resurrecting Hope (John 11:1-44)
It’s the sad refrain of a broken world: “If only”. “If only he’d entered the freeway five minutes sooner…”, “If only I would have kept my mouth shut…”, “If only the lab results had shown it…”, ….. “If only God had heard my prayers…”. We live in a world that is painful and confusing so often, and for people who want to seek after God, adding to that pain and confusion is the regular complaint that one prayer or another has gone unanswered. It’s very tempting to assume that God has forgotten, does...
Aug 20, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 25
John #24: Who Is Jesus? (John 10:22-42)
My husband Matt loves movies. Last I checked we owned over 1,000 dvd’s. If you don’t know, DVD’s are a disc that has a movie on it and it’s kind of like a CD… which if you don’t know what a DVD is then you definitely don’t know what a CD is. Either way, my husband organizes all of the DVD cases not in alphabetical order, or by genre, but by the color of the DVD case. He does this for me because I really love the look of it all together on a shelf and the way that one color feeds into the next. W...
Aug 14, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 24
John #23: The Good Shepard (John 10:1-21)
One of the challenging things about reading Scripture is trying to figure out the imagery employed from an ancient culture. As the saying goes, the bible was written for us, not to us. I’ll admit that there is not a lot in my life thatWe’ll be reading John 10:1-21 where Jesus gives a discourse that provides a contrast to the corrupted religious system that had just rejected the formerly blind man, and Messiah who went to find him. The story is the closest thing to a parable that we find in John’...
Aug 06, 2023•Season 4Ep. 23
John #22: Blinded By Sight (John 9:1-41)
This Sunday we’ll be reading a familiar but challenging text in our study of John. We’ll encounter a man who was born blind whom Jesus healed – and the miracle of this man gaining his eyesight effectively blinds the religious leaders in the story. It’s another classic “gospel reversal” which we encounter frequently in John’s gospel. We’ll be reading Chapter 9:1-41 . This is honestly an entertaining passage – it reads like a Shakespearean comedy. There is witty dialogue, imbecilic folly, but also...
Jul 30, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 22
John #21: Spiritual DNA (John 8:31-59)
DNA testing to discover our ancestry has been all the rage for the last several years. People have looked into their histories and found new family members or had surprising results that indicated they were not who they had always thought they were. In the passage we’ll be reading this Sunday Jesus will be discussing family lineages, though not biological or genetic ones. We’ll be tackling John 8:31-59 , the last installation of a very long conversation/argument that Jesus had with the leaders a...
Jul 23, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 21
John #20: Our Guiding Light (John 8:12-30)
A few weeks ago, I had a friend tell me a story about his elderly cousin that he helps to care for. His cousin lives about an hour away and usually has a list of things for him to work on when he stops by. Recently, she had a light bulb in her kitchen go out. Since she was unable to fix it on her own she had to wait for one of his visits to come and replace the light bulb. My friend went into his cousin’s kitchen and in the dark he could see silhouettes of pots and pans that had been piled up. I...
Jul 16, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 20
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