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At Calvary – Episode 89 – The Word is Grace

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Pastor John

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 … Continue reading →

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At Calvary – Episode 81 – Love without Truth is Not Love

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Pastor John

There are times I really shake my head at the news, don’t you? I just can’t understand the choices people make sometimes. I wonder if it has ever been as bad as it is today. In our passage this week, … Continue reading →

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At Calvary – Episode 80 – Exchanging Truth for Lies

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Pastor John

How do we get rid of guilt? The Bible’s antidote to guilt is the cross. How do folks who don’t want to give their life to Jesus attempt to get rid of guilt? They do it the way people have … Continue reading →

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At Calvary – Episode 77 – When People Don’t Think about God

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Pastor John

As we think about the suppression of truth, we might think of folks with agendas who are trying to influence how people think. We might think of Facebook, Twitter, or the media. Most of us don’t realize that such influencing started much earlier in our history. It started when mankind thought that honoring and thanking God as the good God that He is was just not necessary. What happens when we don’t give glory to God as God? Someone else is put in His place! Continue reading →

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At Calvary – Episode 76 – Suppressing Truth, Suppressing People

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Pastor John

God has declared that He is knowable. He tells us that He is not just knowable to those who have grown up in church. God has said that He is knowable to any who honestly just observe creation. So, why … Continue reading →

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The Best Lies are Easy to Believe

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Pastor John

“You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he … Continue reading →

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Love Means Sacrifice

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Pastor John

“The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’” Matthew 25:40 Do … Continue reading →

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Faith, Hope, And How They’re Connected

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Pastor John

This week let’s think about walking in faith. There are times that it is easy and times that it is hard. It is easy to walk in faith in the areas that you don’t really feel threatened. For most of … Continue reading →

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Truth and Trust

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Pastor John

Have you said in your heart or heard a friend say, “I just don’t feel that God is very close to me.”? In that moment, although we may not realize it, we are wrestling with who to believe – our … Continue reading →

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Will We Simply Abide?

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Pastor John

We want to know if God is happy with us. We want to know that we are secure in our relationship with Him. We want to know that He is not going to change His mind about us. How can we know that? The New Testament has this suggestion: abide in Him. Continue reading →

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