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This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors Tough times often prompt us to question the love of God. Very real difficulties and hardships seem at sharp odds with God’s promises to love us forever. In this way, we have a lot more in common with the writers of the Bible than we sometimes think. When...

This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors Worship leaders need to realize the holiness of the activity they are involved in.  They stand before people, and sing to the Creator of the universe.  They stand before God, and sing directly to Him. They use their God given gifts and talents to worship God in such...

This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors “Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’” (Hosea 2:23). This...

This post comes from Calvary Chapel Pastors Three hours a day!  Five days a week!  Two years! While speaking recently at Calvary Chapel School of Ministry in Costa Mesa, I had an interesting conversation with Pastor Carl Westerlund, who started the school in 1989. He showed me pictures of every graduating class, identified the graduates...