Tag: God
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Bridge Building 101 – Why Do It?
This week I invite you to think together with me about building bridges. No, I don’t mean the type of bridges that we drive cars across. I mean bridges between people. Bridges are built by common interests. Bridges are built by friendliness and a heart that is willing to listen. Bridges are built by honesty…
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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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At Calvary – Episode 137 – Hopeful Cynicism
Wisdom. It comes in many forms. We are familiar with proverbs. We are familiar with stories. When wisdom comes from failure, despondency, and hopelessness, however, we barely know what to do with it. This is the book of Ecclesiastes. How can we learn the truth from someone who barely understands it himself?
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Church Should Be Different
Have you ever thought about what difference there is between worshiping God on your own by the lake and worshiping God with God’s people on a Saturday night or Sunday morning?
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At Calvary – Episode 136 – Everyday Grace
God’s message through Peter is clear: this grace that has saved us is one of those big ideas that changes what we do every day. It isn’t just a spiritual truth that gets us into Heaven. Grace also unfolds every day in our lives. How? How does who God is influence those of us who…
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Committed to the Cross
Some seem to want to change the message of the cross. Some want to make the gospel message all about becoming better people. This removes the offense of the cross. Is that what it’s all about? Some change the message so that it is only concerned with social justice and taking care of the poor…
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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.…
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Preparing for Worship – Our Vision of God
What would it be like to just say, all the time and without stopping, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come”? Does it strike you as fun? Does it fulfill your felt needs? I suspect that the answer to those questions is, “No.” So, why do…
Pastor John D Jakes 