Tag: Baptist
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At Calvary – Episode 118 – Christian Memes. Fun or Folly?
Jokes and comics. I have to admit, I love them. I love reading the Sunday comics. I also love reading the joke sections of the Reader’s Digest. In the last 20 years a new form of humor has emerged from the internet. It is the meme. Do you enjoy memes? Do you enjoy Christian memes?…
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Becoming a Person of Prayer
Have you ever met someone who is really good at their job? My wife and I went on a pizza tour of Chicago a few years ago. I was very impressed with the pizza (of course!), but I was also impressed with our guide. He did not just talk to us about pizza. He also…
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At Calvary – Episode 117 – Listening to God
Have you ever heard someone say, “God told me…”? Have you then wondered, “What do they mean by that?” Christians claim to hear from God. If that is true, it is essential that we think deeply about what listening to God means. Let’s think about that together At Calvary… Looking for more? You can always…
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What’s Your Story?
Making simple things difficult is alarmingly easy to do. Now, if we all loved hard things it wouldn’t be a big deal. However, too often hard things intimidate us. What is sad is when we make something difficult that isn’t really difficult. Talking to people about Jesus is one of those things. When it comes…
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Our Growing Confidence
Confidence. It can come naturally. It can also come from training. What about those of us who are naturally charismatic or haven’t gone through extensive training? Can we have real confidence to face either struggles or the naysayers of life? What can give everyday Christians the confidence of the apostles? Now as they observed the…
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At Calvary – Episode 116 – New in Christ
Last week we thought about the song, “But the Cross.” It talks about being new because of Jesus. What does it mean to be new in Christ? It doesn’t mean we won’t have problems. It doesn’t mean that the circumstances of our life suddenly change. So what does it mean? Let’s think about that together…
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We Can Worship. Will We?
We read in the Psalms, “Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. 3 Know that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4…
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At Calvary – Episode 115 – Is There A Christian Look?
What does it mean to be a Christian? Is there a Christian look? In our world today we have tried to remove our dependence on stereotypes to define us. Although it is still a temptation to “look the part,” the question we want to really know is this – Are there Christian distinctives that are…
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At Calvary – Episode 114 – Is It All in the Attitude?
Attitude. Have you ever been accused of having a bad attitude? Have you ever been accused of having a good one? What difference does attitude really make in our everyday life? Let’s think about that together At Calvary… Looking for more? You can always find all of the episodes right here…
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Jesus Welcomes You
The other day I read a devotion that discussed two of the post-resurrection passages where Jesus appeared to His disciples. The opening thoughts of the devotion got me thinking. The author posed this question: As the disciples wrestled with the reality of the resurrected Jesus, did they wonder how He fit into their lives now…
Pastor John D Jakes 