In our study of Psalm 1, we find that believers are blessed—or fulfilled—when they avoid bad influences (verse 1) and delight and meditate on God's Word (verse 2). More than commands of what to avoid ...  Read More

In Sunday’s study we looked at Jesus' direction for us going into prayer. In Matthew 6:9–10, especially verse 10, He directs us to pray for the Lord’s kingdom and will to be done. This clear direction...  Read More

I was chewing on the goodness of God in the Bread of Life Sunday after church and realized I couldn’t chew. Since late last week, a tooth I had recently received a filling in began to ache, and the pa...  Read More

Often, we run across articles critical of the local church. In this day of high-powered online ministries, the church can seem out of date. However, feeling like family is something you cannot produce...  Read More

Last Sunday we journeyed through Matthew 6:25–34 and 1 Peter 5:7, learning our Lord’s direction for relief of our anxieties. Two words: cast and seek! First is cast from 1 Peter 5:7: “Cast your cares ...  Read More

Prayer is one of those vital aspects of the Christian life that we all agree on; but we wrestle, not with its importance but with how to allow it to really get a foothold in our daily lives. It is the...  Read More

“One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.”Proverbs 27:7 The full soul passes on the Lord like pumpkin pie after gorging ourselves on turkey and potatoes: “No...  Read More

I was blessed and helped in our study Sunday as we walked through the end of this wonderful Gospel of John. Prominent in these final passages were familiar terms for us at Calvary. Our vision statemen...  Read More

After boasting in his commitment to Jesus (John 13) and then denying Hims (John 18), Peter finds himself sitting with Jesus around a fire with six other disciples. Jesus turns to Him and eventually re...  Read More

After the resurrection, Jesus manifested Himself to seven of His disciples. Several of them were expert fishermen, and they had followed Peter as we went fishing—something familiar, something they kne...  Read More

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”John 20:29 Believing is seeing, and seeing stimulates believing if you believ...  Read More

When you are being considered for a job, the last thing you want to hear is “unqualified.” It means you don’t have what it takes to do the job.In our message Sunday we saw Jesus begin to commission th...  Read More