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Grace, More than Just a Ticket to Heaven
For the next several weeks I want to share excerpts from my new book. I hope they challenge and bless you… The book is about living in grace – Last week we thought about the temptation to make grace smaller than it is. This week, let’s consider how God’s word treats grace as much bigger…
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At Calvary – Episode 101 – Partiality, Favoritism, and the Character of God
Do Christians know who we are? This question was asked at the Lighthouse Community Center. It isn’t just a question about our knowledge. It is also a question that highlights our character. Does how we treat others show that we know who we are? Let’s think about that together At Calvary… Looking for more? You…
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Do We Live in Grace?
This is my praise to report – My second book is finished! For the next several weeks I want to share excerpts from the book. I hope they challenge and bless you… The book is about living in grace. A allegory called Edge of Eternity describes a man who is in a cage. He stays…
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At Calvary – Episode 100 – Is Failing to Love Evil?
Calling something evil is tricky business. The “evil” label is a warning. We are saying that what we are talking about is more serious than other struggles we face. Yet, the overuse of the word evil diminishes the warning. The Bible is more careful than we are at labeling things evil. Maybe that’s why it…
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The Power of God’s Promises
When God says something, do we believe it? I don’t mean when He declares right and wrong. I hope that we would say of course we believe Him there. I am talking about believing what He says that He will do in us. Do we believe it? Peter says, “2 Grace and peace be multiplied…
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At Calvary – Episode 99 – Practice What You Preach
Student. Disciple. Apprentice. Are those words synonyms or do they mean different things to us? We have classes and services that we attend. We learn about our faith. Do practice our faith? We’re talking about it today At Calvary! Looking for more? You can always find all of the episodes right here…
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Let’s Think about Generosity
As a pastor, I am responsible for shepherding God’s people. It means that I encourage and walk alongside God’s people in all areas of life. I hope to help them with their family life. I hope to help them when discouraged or tempted. It also means I talk about money. 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 7 Each…
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At Calvary – Episode 98 – Anger Is Not Where It’s At
Righteous indignation. I’ve heard people talk about it, but I am not really sure how often I’ve seen it outside of Scripture. I’ve seen people mad. I’ve seen people talk about being God’s instrument of justice. But mostly I’ve seen people mad. Why doesn’t our anger bring about righteousness? That’s what we’re talking about today…
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God is Dependable – What does that Mean?
When you think about trust, who is it that you truly trust? Yes, sometimes we have to lean on people who will disappoint us, but we don’t trust them, do we? It is necessity, not trust, that makes us lean on those people. Who do we trust? We trust those we can count on! When…
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At Calvary – Episode 97 – God Gives Good Gifts
“The Devil made me do it”. This punchline from late comedian Flip Wilson was intended to be funny, but in reality we often try to find someone to blame when we fail. Sometimes, we even try to blame God. In his book, James reminds us that God is not responsible for our sin. We are.…
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Pastor John D Jakes 