After a six-week break, we are returning to our study of I Peter. I want to begin by reminding you […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:17-21Every morning an older woman would go out on her porch, raise her arms to the sky and yell, “Praise […]
Sermon Series: Fortifying our FoundationsSince this is the first sermon in the God Speaks Today series, I thought we should answer a few key […]
Text: Genesis 2:18-25; Hebrews 13:4“Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:13-16“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and […]
Text: Hebrews 12:1“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is […]
Text: John 7:37-39Each year at Calvary we choose a theme and a theme verse that serve as our ministry focus. We started […]
Text: John 7:16-17One of the best ways to keep a clean conscience is by practicing the art of forgiveness, even when we can’t forget what’s been done to us. Asking for forgiveness and granting grace to others are keys to listening to God’s monitor system.
Text: Genesis 45:1-15; 50:15-21Loving your enemies is the final step in forgiveness. When Jesus walks with us, we will find the strength to love our enemies and to bless those who curse us.
Text: Luke 6:27-36Jesus sometimes puts us in the fire in order to purify us until He can see His image in us. Remember that He prunes so that we can grow because He is much more interested in our character than He is in our comfort. He takes His launderer’s soap and cleans us so that we’re forgiven. Isaiah 1:18: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Text: Malachi 2:17-3:5