Let’s begin our study with two familiar verses of Scripture: “But after he had considered this, an angel of […]
Text: Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38If you leave God out, you’ve missed the fundamental truth about the universe. That means that in order to understand human origins and the true history of the universe, we must begin
Text: Revelation 4:11This sermon gives the history of how the Apostles’ Creed came about and explains the importance it has in the Christian church throughout history as well as in our individual lives. The Apostles’ Creed is a declaration of faith recognized by all branches of true Christianity. For 2,000 years the Apostles’ Creed has served as a succinct statement of the irreducible minimum of the Christian faith. It is the common heritage of the true Christian church. It offers a broad survey of Christian doctrine, that focuses all on God as the object of the faith, and what he has done for believers. In this declaration of beliefs, the God of the Christian church is sharply distinguished from the gods of other religions by what he has done for his believers. The authority of these statements of belief embodied in the Apostles’ Creed lies entirely on the Word, that is the Bible, and not on any personal or private interpretations. It follows then that a person who professes to be a Christian must therefore subscribe or believe in everything stated in this creed, at the very least, as a start of what the Christian must believe. The Creed reminds us that truth is not optional. There are boundaries to the Christian faith. Not everything is negotiable. Some things must be believed if you are to call yourself a Christian. You can choose to live outside those boundaries, but if you do, you aren’t a Christian and you shouldn’t call yourself one.
Text: Romans 1:16Each year at Calvary we choose a theme and a theme verse that serve as our ministry focus. We started […]
Text: John 7:16-17“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, […]
Text: Psalm 37:23-24“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And […]
Text: Luke 2:8-14This is the final sermon in the series from I Corinthians 1-2 called, “The Cross, the Church and the World.” […]
Text: I Corinthians 2:14-16“I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (I Corinthians 2:2). We […]
Text: I Corinthians 2:1-5Build your life on Jesus Christ and you will never be disappointed, and those who know you will be sorry to see you go.
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-13Are you looking around and complaining, or are you looking up and comprehending? As God eavesdrops on our lives, He makes a distinction between those who know Him and those who do not. We see this in the last verse of Malachi 3: “And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Text: Malachi 3:13-18