The Word of God

Knowing, living, and teaching the Bible, God’s Word (as Ezra did in Ezra 7:10) is absolutely imperative and non-negotiable at Eastmont!

The most recent Barna polls reveal that in 2009, only 9% of American adults have a “Biblical worldview” (as simply defined by Barna), down slightly from 11% in 2005. Only 46% of born again Christians believe in absolute moral Truth! In other words, more than half of the born-again Christians in this country would not identify Biblical morals as right for everyone, all the time. Less than ½ of 1% of Americans ages 18-23, Barna notes, have a Biblical worldview! Barna points out that one’s worldview dramatically influences their daily choices and traces this “to matters of media use, profanity, gambling, alcohol use, honesty, civility, and sexual choices.” Ronald Gleason notes in his recent book Reforming or Conforming that the emergent church movement, which denies Biblical inerrancy, grew out of megachurches that had “hoopla and (an) impersonal nature” but not solid, Biblical practice.

We have nothing if we don’t have the Word of God. The foundation for churches, for lives, can’t be the shifting sand of people’s ideas. We, at Eastmont, must be, as Jesus says in Matthew 7:24, like “those who hear these Words of Mine and act on them, (being) compared to a wise man who builds his house on the Rock.”

The Bible IS God’s Word. God has provided many proofs for It. Let us unwaveringly stand by It, on It, and in It.