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This week, as we look at the opening to the book of Ecclesiastes, we want to dig into what Solomon calls hevel (“meaningless” or “vanity”), which Solomon spends several verses describing. What exactly does Solomon mean by hevel? In what ways is life characterized by hevel? And how does that truth point us towards the life that God wants for us? More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #ecclesiastes #meaning #hevel #sundaysermon #lovegodservepeople 

Welcome. In this special message, our Pastor of Adult Ministries Colin Baker, shares some some raw and real things about his life and how coming to know Jesus changed everything.We hope you are led to consider how your life can be changed today, and forever, through the Love of God and forgiveness of Jesus."For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#godsoloved #jesuschangeseverything #sundaysermon #lovegodservepeople 

Jesus is a catalyst, model, and ambassador for what was real. I don't mean that Jesus wasn't a big proponent for virtual reality in the first century AD. However, as we look at Jesus' interaction during his earthly ministry, we see beautiful pictures of authentic love, effective empathy, and perfect understanding leading to conversations and actions bringing about truth in an individual's life. As we consider reality, it is important to define just what Jesus displayed and taught. Jesus saw past people's perceptions of God, the world, and even himself. He was and is expectation defying. This message examines a pair of examples in which Jesus cut through pretense and assumption, in love, sharing a message that created space for the reality of our deep dependence on God that could be seen, heard, felt, and experienced.As this is applied to our attitudes, actions, and responses regarding technology and current cultural norms that reinforce self-promotion, self-satisfaction, and self-fulfillment, we see Jesus ser

How far would you go to improve you? Taking vitamins? Healthy diet and exercise? Medical procedures or surgeries? What about technology that would keep you alive indefinitely? Or a hard drive that could contain your consciousness, even if your body gave out?  Today, the idea of moving past our human limitations, in one way or another, is thought by many to be within our reach. Transhumanism, for example, seeks to transcending our humanity through technological advancements that would enhance our bodily functions and abilities, perhaps even give us near-immortality. Mind uploading or cyber-consciousness is the idea that we could upload our minds to a digital medium so that our consciousness would live forever. This week, we want to consider what transhumanism assumes about being human in light of God’s design for humanity. Because how we understand our humanity will determine how we think about our bodies, our minds, our souls, and our future. More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office

Once upon a time, if you wanted to be famous, you had to be on T.V. (And there were only a handful of channels, which meant very few people ever made it big.) But today, everyone has a social media platform at their disposal, which has generated seemingly countless online celebrities who gain hundreds of thousands, even millions, of followers through clever pranks, crazy antics, song and dance routines (literally), product endorsements, and more. Most people who use social media are not trying to become “social media influencers.” But how we use social media can easily turn into never-ending quests for personal significance, often leading to increased anxiety and depression as we subtly plead for other’s attention and affirmation. In Jesus, however, we can find a significance that cannot be lost or diminished.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#easto

Living in our technological ecosystem, our lives are shaped by a thousand mostly unconscious tech-driven urges every day, to check our email, post a selfie, or watch another YouTube video. As has been well documented, many technologies like social media, gaming apps, shopping apps, and streaming services are designed to feed addictive urges and appetites that keep us coming back for more.In his letter to the Corinthian church, the Apostle Paul writes, “’Everything is permissible for me’—but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible for me’—but I will not be mastered by anything” (1 Cor. 6:12). Using technology isn’t a sin. (Though how you use can certainly be!) But it can still exert a powerful control over us that we often ignore. As a result, we’re often unconscious of the ways in which our use of technology consumes our attention and prevents us from experiencing the life we were created for. More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or

Work. It’s not always our favorite thing in the world. In fact, it’s probably tempting to think of work as something to be avoided, even despised. After all, who would work if they didn’t have to? Who wouldn’t rather enjoy a life of ease instead of working for a living? One of the promises of technology is that it will make work easier—maybe even eliminate it altogether—so that we can enjoy not working. This, we’re told, is how life should be: effortless, easy, and comfortable. A life of leisure.This week we’re looking again a Genesis 1 to consider what it is to be human, made in the image of God. And, while God does rest, the creation account offers an entirely different perspective on work. That work has value because God worked. And as imagers of God, we were created to do work that gives purpose to our lives and creates good in the world.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you f

Never in the history of the world has humankind had more control over life. Technological advances have given us the ability to cure disease, grow crops, produce wealth, build cities, and ease suffering unlike anything the world has ever known. (For which we should be grateful!) But, buried underneath our use of technology is the myth that technology can give us ultimate control over reality itself. That with technology, we have the power, not only to make the world better or improve people’s lives, but to become god-like. This week, as we start this new series on faith and technology, we want to look at how technology has become what we hope in for the control and power we crave. It’s our new religion.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportn #techsavvy #newreligion #sundaysermon #lovegodservepeople

Do you think God has expectations for you? For your life? In this week's parable, Jesus describes two ways of living: leveraging everything to achieve greater possibilities for the sake of Jesus' kingdom versus playing it safe. Only one will yield the kind of return-the kind of life-that you were created to live.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#jesusparables #potential #possibilities #playitsafe #sundaysermon #lovegodservepeople 

Forgiving someone who's hurt you may be the hardest thing you will ever do in your life. Which is why it's much easier to theorize about forgiveness than to do it. But without forgiveness, we'll never be free to pursue a future that is unhindered by the past. The destructive power of unforgiveness is that it convinces us we're somehow punishing our offender by building up walls of resentment and bitterness around our hearts. Only forgiveness has the power to set us free.In this week's passage, we're looking at one of the most hard hitting of Jesus' parables.Forgiveness is easy in theory, but incredibly difficult in real life. But the mercy God shows us should soften our hearts to forgive others just as we've been forgiven.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#jesusparables #thehardestthing #forgiveness #sundaysermon #lov

Do you ever feel like God is distant rather than up close and personal? In this week's passage, Jesus' disciples ask him to teach them how to pray. But rather than offering them a treatise or a lecture on the mechanics of prayer or the theological underpinnings of communication with an omniscient and all-powerful God, Jesus paints for them a picture of a caring Father who listens to us and provides what we need. A personal God who loves us more than we can fathom.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#jesusparables #godreallylovesyou #prayer #sundaysermon #lovegodservepeople

When you think of God, what comes to your mind? When you imagine God's view of you, how do you think he sees you? With love? Judgment? Grace? Anger? Disappointment? Compassion? A.W. Tozer wrote that the most important thing about anyone is what comes into their mind when they think about God.Sadly, many people run from God because their understanding of God is wrongly shaped by people who've done a poor job of reflecting who God truly is.In Luke 15, Jesus tells three parables that reveal the true heart of God, a heart full of compassion and love for his children. Jesus' message is for anyone who's ever felt alienated from God. But it's also a challenge for those who claim to know God but have failed to share his love with a lost and hurting world.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#jesusparables #lostchildren #inevitab

Have you ever wondered if God was really there? Or maybe you've felt discouraged or afraid because you couldn't see God at work in the world. In this week's parables from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus explains that the kingdom of God is present, but it doesn't look like what we often expect. To our eyes, it may seem unimpressive, unspectacular, even mundane. And yet, Jesus says, it has a hidden power that cannot be stopped, unchecked by our failures or by evil in the world, finally culminating one day in the full realization of God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj #jesusparables #unstoppablekingdom #inevitable#sundaysermon #lovegodservepeople

If you were a type of soil, what kind would you be? In Jesus' parable about a farmer (or sower) who tosses seed on the ground, Jesus describes four different kinds of soil: hard, rocky, thorn-infested, and fertile soils. Each soil receives the seed in different ways with different results. Jesus' implicit challenge to each of us is, how do you receive God's word in your life? Because what you do with God's word will determine what kind of value ("fruit") your life produces in the world, with differing results.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#jesusparables #therightkindofsoil #sowerandseed #sundaysermon #fruitofthespirit #lovegodservepeople

In order to run our best race, sometimes we need to admit we are injured and go through the rehabilitation process.  We need to first ADMIT we are broken, BELIEVE God is the only one that can and wants to fix us, and TRUST that He will.  Most of us get hung up on at least one of these steps.  We’re either too proud or scared to Admit, don’t think we deserve God’s grace (which we don’t’) or don’t Trust him with our recovery. Letting others see our scars and what God has done in our life is sometimes the best cure.Thank You for joining our Worship Pastor Steve Johansson for the final message of our Soul Health series.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#soulhealth #scars #broken #beautiful #lovegodservepeople 

It's one thing to know what to do to have a healthier soul. The real question is whether we do what we know to do. Knowing the four steps won't help your soul to thrive without the self-discipline to make them part of our lives. In this week's passage from 1 Corinthians 9, Paul explains how the Christian life requires us to train our souls, to practice self-mastery, so that we can run our best race and win the prizeMore info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#soulhealth #thenextstep  #wintherace #selfdiscipline  #lovegodservepeople

Imagine your own personal bit of heaven... maybe it's a favorite vacation spot or your hometown. Maybe it's where you meet up with friends or get alone. Now, imagine you wanted to share that place with someone else, but they'd never been before. How could you convince them to come with you?When Jesus gives his famous Sermon on the Mount, he begins with the Beatitudes, a list of blessings describing the kinds of people who belong to his kingdom. It's not a list of requirements for entrance into the kingdom; they describe the kind of person who's at home in the kingdom, and the kind of person you become when align your life with kingdom values. As a result, when you share your life-a kingdom-flavored life-with others, you give them a walking-talking advertisement for Jesus' kingdom.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#sou

How do you measure greatness? Like a violinist who makes first chair in the orchestra, a lawyer who makes partner in their firm, or a politician who is elected to a higher office, greatness is most often measured by one's status: the higher the rank, the better the pay, the nicer the office, the greater you are. But Jesus redefines greatness as we understand it. Instead of greatness that is measured by accolades and rewards, Jesus tells us that true greatness is found in service that frees our souls from the debilitating idolatry of self-absorption and replaces it with the life-giving joy of self-forgetfulness.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportnj#soulhealh #serveoneanother #greatness #lovegodservepeople

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Arsene Houssaye famously said, "Tell me what you love, and I will tell you who you are." Who or what we love who or what we give our lives to-shapes who we are and who we are becoming. As humans, we are created by God to love and be loved by him. Therefore, as our love for God grows, we grow more and more into who we're meant to be.More info https://www.ebc.org or call (609.267.4755), email (office@ebc.org), DM us on Instagram or Facebook, or come see us in person at Easton Bible Church. Thank you for subscribing and sharing.#eastonbiblechurch #hainesportn #soulhealth #lovegod #godslove #lovegodservepeople