One of the devil’s tactics is fear. He threatens terrible consequences. When the 18th century revivalist George Whitefield called upon his friend John Wesley to take over his open-air preaching ministry, Wesley was suddenly struck with the impression that if he were to do so, he would die. Having sought divine guidance by randomly opening...
We are living in unpredictable and somewhat unprecedented times. As a church family, we do not want to partner with fear but instead we what to act in faith to do what is right. So, in light of this weeks news and ever-evolving national picture (including lots of social media misinformation about the virus), I...
After five studies so far in the Book of Romans, it’s good for us to remind ourselves what we’ve seen thus far. I really hope everybody is taking notes as we go, and is taking time to go back and review them! The exhortation we have from 1 Thessalonians 5:21 is to “test everything; hold...
In trying to explain where Calvary Chapel lays between Calvinism and Arminianism, most churches have including a statement in their statement of beliefs that reads something like this: “At Calvary Chapel, we believe that we maintain the middle ground between Arminian and Calvinist theology” Although this helps somewhat, it doesn’t go into enough detail. So,...
