Tag: faith
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At Calvary – Episode 149 – When God Gets Sarcastic
Sarcasm. It is an effective, and dangerous tool that we use to teach others. It is effective because it stings when you use it. It is dangerous because it is easy for sarcasm to sting too much and wound when we use it. Have you thought about what sarcasm means when God uses it? Let’s…
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Getting Ready to Do Good
Why is it that some people seem to be always ready to lend a hand, help a friend, touch a life; and for others it is work? Why is it that others are always grumpy, caustic, or quick with a slicing comment? Why is it that some people always have a verse, poem, or song…
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Embracing the God Who Loves Us
What does God care about? How does a person receive eternal life? What must I do to be saved? I find it ironic how often the answer given to these three questions will contradict each other even when you are asking the same person. For example, a person like me who has been saved through…
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A Christian Atheist?
Today we think about one of the oddest actions in the world. No, it isn’t when people who don’t believe in God act like they don’t believe in Him. It isn’t when people who are iffy about God act like they don’t believe in Him. No, the oddest action to me is when those who…
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At Calvary – Episode 141 – Paul’s Story for the Good News
Your story. When you share your story, why are you sharing it? Do you share it because it is important to you? Do you share it because it helps people understand some point you want to make? God’s man, Paul, shares bits of his story in his letters in the New Testament. He shares to…
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At Calvary – Episode 140 – Looking for Meaning in All the Wrong Places
We look for meaning in all sorts of places, don’t we? We look for meaning in work, in friends, in family, and even in service to others or our world. Yet, we find this struggle at work – too often the activities of work, friendships, family, and even service seem trivial. Where is the meaning?…
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At Calvary – Episode 139 – Who God is To Us Changes Us
What is most important to you? It will be the thing you live for and perhaps a thing that you would die for. For Paul the Apostle, that most important thing is the gospel of Jesus. The good news was ‘the thing’ for Paul. Why is that? What makes the good news of Jesus so…
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At Calvary – Episode 138 – Worth Living and Dying For
What is most important to you? It will be the thing you live for and perhaps a thing that you would die for. For Paul the Apostle, that most important thing is the gospel of Jesus. The good news was ‘the thing’ for Paul. Why is that? What makes the good news of Jesus so…
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Be Something. Then Do It.
Think with me for a moment about the rich young ruler in Mark 10. Notice that the man thought about what he could ‘do’ to be saved. He asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.” I know that this is a grammatical nuance, but consider with me that so many…
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At Calvary – Episode 135 – Grace. A Hill to Die On
Give me Liberty or give me Death! This is a rallying cry made famous by Patrick Henry during the American Revolution could have been Paul’s cry in the book of Galatians. Galatians, considered to be Paul’s great defense of salvation by grace alone through faith alone, outlines why the liberty of grace is so important.…
Pastor John D Jakes 