It would not be an exaggeration to say that the events in our nation in the last week are a cultural inflection point. Just weeks after a deranged killer murdered children at a Catholic school, the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina provoked horror at how such an event […]
Calvary Bible Church is an independent church, and unashamedly so, but often independent churches can have a mindset of independence from the church universal and the church historical. At Calvary, we do not want to fall into such a mindset. This is why, for many years, we have recited the historic ecumenical creeds (Apostles, Nicene, […]
In 1912, David Blair forgot a key in his pocket. This would usually be of little significance, except that this was the key to a lockbox on the Titanic. In that lockbox were the ship’s binoculars, but the key was with Blair back on land. Without binoculars, the ship’s crew had to scan the icy […]
What is acceptable worship? This is a question Christians should be deeply concerned with. God created us to worship him, but sin distorts and misdirects worship. Because sin pollutes everything, not all that is called worship is acceptable to God. From the beginning of the Bible, we see acceptable and unacceptable worship. Cain brought an […]
What’s in it for me? For many of us, this is how we approach life. Everything from our jobs to our family is centered on ourselves. However, this is a worldly perspective. Like so many worldly perspectives, this one creeps into the church—sometimes subtly, sometimes overtly. The church is to be radically different in every […]
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” (Psa. 90:12) If the odometer on your car reads 29,200, you have low mileage. When it is the number of kilometers biked around the world in 108 days, like Lael Wilcox did, it is a lot. The average span of […]
When the cares of my heart are many,Your consolations cheer my soul. Psalm 94:19 In this series of articles, we are meditating on Psalm 94:19 and the Lord’s consolation for the cares of our heart. The Lord consoles us through three primary means: the Word, prayer, and Christian fellowship. If you have not yet readpart […]
When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul. Psalm 94:19 In this series of articles, we are meditating on Psalm 94:19 and the Lord’s consolation for the cares of our heart. The Lord consoles us through three primary means: the Word, prayer, and Christian fellowship. If you have not yet read part […]
When the cares of my heart are many,Your consolations cheer my soul. Psalm 94:19 In this series of articles, we are meditating on Psalm 94:19 and the Lord’s consolation for the cares of our heart. The Lord consoles us through three primary means: the Word, prayer, and Christian fellowship. If you have not yet read part […]
When the cares of my heart are many,Your consolations cheer my soul.Psalm 94:19 The author of Psalm 94 endured many cares in life. In his day, the wicked were prevailing. They arrogantly boasted of their evil schemes, and they afflicted God’s people, killing widows, sojourners, and orphans. The psalmist longed for the Lord’s vengeance on […]