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 In this day of high-powered online ministries, the church can seem out of date.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

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”1 Peter 5:5b–6 (ESV) I find it fascinating to study these accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus found in John’s Gospel. The death and re...  Read More

I remember, years ago, a large denomination was removing songs and hymns that talked about blood. They felt these were antiquated and needed to be left behind, as they felt their culture had moved for...  Read More

In our “Road to the Cross” journey in the Gospel of John, Sunday we went through the civic trial before Pilate. In this passage, we see the complete failure of the civic authority (Pilate) to do what ...  Read More