Tag: AtCalvary
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At Calvary – Episode 94 – Ask For Wisdom
We know the Bible is true, but do we know that the Bible is enough? It is enough to live life for God. It is enough to understand life everyday. Do we believe it? Do we know the consequence if we don’t trust it? Turn to the book of James, chapter 1, and join us…
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At Calvary – Episode 93 – Trials, What are They Good For?!
Usually when we start a letter, we start gently and slowly warm up to any difficult issues we need to address. The letter in the Bible, James, doesn’t start that way. This week, Jeff, Ed and John begin a new series walking through the book of James. A book of practical instruction, James begins with…
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At Calvary – Episode 92 – Think on These Things
What does it mean to “think like Christ”? Does it make us all cookie cutters of one another? This week, Jeff, Ed and John examine Paul’s encouragement to think on certain things. Very quickly we discover that thinking like Christ has nothing to do with us looking like one another and everything to do with…
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At Calvary – Episode 91 – New Year, New You
News bulletin! We have just entered a new year. Folks all around us are making New Year’s resolutions and talking about the “new me.” Have you heard of the term new creation? Paul uses it in one of his letters. It is how he describes our change in perspective as Christians. We need this change…
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At Calvary – Episode 90 – The Joy of the Lord is Jesus
Joy. We connect it so often with happiness. Happiness is temporary. Happiness is connected with our circumstances. Biblical joy is deeper. Jesus had joy when facing the cross. He offers to give us the same type of joy. Looking for more? You can always find all of the episodes right here…
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At Calvary – Episode 89 – The Word is Grace
Big words cause our tongues to trip. Small words trip up our life. This week at the Lighthouse Community Center we talk about a small word that has a huge meaning. It is the word that tells us what Jesus came to give us. That word is grace. Looking for more? You can always find…
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At Calvary – Episode 88 – How Can We Be Content?
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. There is an almost insatiable desire for more built into our culture. It even bleeds into Christmas. As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ, it might be a good time to consider what it means to be content. Looking for more? You can always find all of the episodes right…
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At Calvary – Episode 87 – Thanksgiving and Gratitude
There is something significant about saying, “Thank you!” It isn’t just something we should do when we are helped by a server at a restaurant. Nor is it just a word that we should say when someone passes the potatoes. It is also a deep attitude of the heart that we should have toward God…
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At Calvary – Episode 86 – More than in Name Only
“Follow me as I follow Christ.” This is an encouragement that God’s man, Paul, gave to the young church leader Timothy. Paul wasn’t just asking Timothy to follow his example. He was also encouraging him to compare Paul’s example to the example of Jesus. Likewise, it is one thing for us to claim the name,…
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At Calvary – Episode 85 – Justified Before God?
Talk is cheap. That is a well used observation, isn’t it? It is the observation that it is easy to say things that sound good or loving. It is easy to sound committed to a cause. It is much more difficult to actually be committed. Did you know that God thinks that our talk is…
Pastor John D Jakes 