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This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors What does it mean to love God supremely? Jesus made a startling comparison in Luke 14 that both clarifies the issue and confuses a lot of readers. “If anyone comes to Me,” He said, “and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters...

This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors Another book has been published supporting what I’ve been speaking about for many years now… young people are leaving the church in alarming numbers. David Kinnaman*, in his book ‘You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving the Church and Rethinking Faith” takes an interesting approach in identifying...

This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors If you’ve read the Gospels, you’ve run into the story of Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus’ feet several times (Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:3-9, John 12:2-8). It’s an arresting story. There are several layers of significance to it–here’s one that worked me over the other morning as I sat...

This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors Another manifestation of the “wiles of the devil” is evil thoughts. Have you ever been in prayer and had your mind suddenly assaulted by blasphemous thoughts? Have you ever been worshipping and had pornographic images flash across your mind? Have you ever gone through a period of time...