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Eighth-Day Savior

December 21, 2009

What would it cost Jesus to be the Savior of the world? He paid for our sins with the price of his own blood. Jesus is just one week old, and already he enters into the pain of human existence.

A Question for Jesus

December 15, 2009

If Christ has really been born, why is the world so messed up? Why aren’t things better by now?

Do Not Quench the Holy Spirit

December 8, 2009

Let the cry ring out to heaven–"Lord, we are ready. Let the fire fall!”

Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit

December 1, 2009

It is so easy for us to be unkind and ungracious. Ephesians 4:29-32 shows us that we grieve the Holy Spirit first by rotten speech (v. 29) and second by rotten attitudes (v. 31). But these two things are not separate. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We must stop making the Holy Spirit weep because of our unkind words and inner ugliness. Cry out to God for his help. Ask the Lord to open your eyes and see the uncleanness within. Pray for a fresh vision of Jesus dying for you.

Led by the Spirit into the Wilderness

November 24, 2009

God never leads us into the wilderness in order to destroy us. He intends the time of testing to make us stronger.

The Wind Blows Wherever It Wills

November 17, 2009

The Holy Spirit brings us continually into a deeper, more profound experience of who God is. He brings more of God to us as we bring more of us to him.

What Christ Does With Failure

November 10, 2009

John 21 is in the Bible so that all of us Peter-types would know that though we fall again and again, by God’s grace we can keep on getting back up. If he did it for Peter, he can do it for me and for you.

Before the Rooster Crows

November 3, 2009

The Prayers of Gary Olson

November 1, 2009

Gary Olson loved to pray. After he died on November 2, 1999, we compiled some of the prayers he prayed during the worship services at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL.

Midnight Miracle

October 28, 2009

When Jesus is betrayed and arrested, Peter impulsively strikes with his sword to try to protect Him. Jesus rebukes Peter, heals Malchus’ ear and quietly submits, knowing that in the end, God’s will must be done. What should Peter have done? How does a follower of Christ react when all is lost?