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Fan or Disciple?
Let me tell you a story of two children… Young Bobby wants to be a great soccer player. He watches soccer. He has posters of soccer players on his walls. All of his video games are soccer video games. He even sleeps with a stuffed soccer ball. Young Sarah also wants to be a great…
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At Calvary – Episode 163 – Sanctification… How Will We Use Our Freedom
Have you ever heard of recidivism? It is when a person who has served their jail sentence commits another crime and finds themselves back in jail. We may not feel like prisoners, but we face a similar struggle when it comes to living in grace and living in freedom. The question we face is this: What will…
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Treating God as Worthy
Worship. Sacrifice. As Christians we think of those two words as separate things. However, those two words are deeply connected in both Scripture and life. When we worship we want to declare that God has supreme value to us. We are declaring that He is worth our praise, our attention, and even our lives. When…
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Simple, Straightforward Faith
Think for a moment about the truths that we teach children. We teach them to love their neighbor. We teach them to love God. We teach them to believe that God really works in their lives. We teach them to believe in Jesus. These truths aren’t minor. Nor are they little. They are the most…
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Ready to Jump?
I think of myself, even to this day, frozen on that diving board. I was taking swimming lessons, and it was my turn to jump. I had seen others jump. I had heard how to jump. I had even practiced on the side of the pool. Yet, there was something about going from theory to…
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At Calvary – Episode 162 – Sanctification… Our Two-Front War
Are you a student of history? Germany, for example, in WWII might have won the war except that it faced enemies on 3 fronts. There was the Western and Eastern fronts. Then there was the third front – American airplanes.This “third front” changed everything. Two and “three” front wars are very difficult to win. In living out…
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Discipling into the Kingdom
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Have you heard that question before? This funny saying seeks to shine a light on how often it is difficult to figure out the true cause of a particular problem or event. Today, I want us to think about which came first – evangelism or discipleship. Last…
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All Things New!
When I was a kid, I did a lot of troubleshooting. No, I didn’t call it that back then, but I did it. When I was faced with a problem like a ball stuck on a roof, I would think through possible solutions until one presented itself. Sometimes, I would do foolish things to solve…
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Glorifying God in More of Life
I have written about glorifying God. I have tried to be specific, but should I have been more general? In order to glorify God with more of our life we must cultivate two significant attitudes about our life. Look with me again at 1 Corinthians 10:31… “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you…
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At Calvary – Episode 161 – Discipling Others Can Hurt
What is it like to be a mentor and watch your young charge throw away your experience? That is what the Galatian church was doing when they left living by simple faith in Christ and chased rules that couldn’t truly make them righteous. How did that feel for Paul? What exactly were they losing? Let’s…
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Pastor John D Jakes 