More than 50 years ago, there was a man named Charles Smith, known by his friends as Chuck, who felt called to teach God’s Word in an understandable way. After pastoring a number of churches, he took over a small church in Orange County, California, known as Calvary Chapel.
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Fatigue. Anxiety. Stress. Temptation. Fear. Despair. Lies. Revenge. Sound familiar? These are some of the devil’s favorite schemes for eroding our faith in God. He wants us to believe that we’re stuck, that our situation is hopeless, that defeat is our destiny. If we’re not careful, these deceptions set us on a slippery slope to spiritual defeat.
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We all are starving for a personal experience of genuine, Biblical love. The teachers of shadow spirituality tell us that it is only as we love ourselves that we are able to open our hearts to receive divine love. But this is the opposite of God's true spirituality. We come to Christ when we recognize that we are nothing without God and that, even in our sinful state, Christ died for us. ...
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The Christian life is anything but a passive pursuit. The New Testament commands believers to “be all the more diligent” (2 Peter 1:10), to take “every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5), to “strive to enter through the narrow door” (Luke 13:24), to “run” that we may obtain the prize (1 Corinthians 9:24), and to “work out” our salvation (Philippians 2:12). Our spiritual growth clearly involves ...
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As I’ve shared before, I’ve had to overcome adversity. My dad died an alcoholic, and my stepdad walked out on my siblings and me the day of my mother’s funeral. To be honest, although I usually end up with greater faith after encountering challenge or loss, the journey there isn’t always easy.
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Going to high school back in Corvallis, Oregon, I remember the girls I knew and went to school with. They all seem to have a solid plan for their future. Many of them were looking forward to starting their own families after they met the right guy. They seemed to know what career direction they wanted to pursue in college as well. I had no plans or even dreams of starting a family. My plan ...
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How have hard times changed you? Have the difficult circumstances that you’ve faced made you stronger or have they shaken your faith?
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Occasionally, somebody will ask me, “What’s your favorite verse in the Bible?” My favorite verse is one that Christians, historically, have clung to in times of uncertainty, confusion, or tremendous loss. It’s Romans 8:28: “We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
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God's love for us—for each one of us—is expressed in the great cost He paid at Calvary, bearing the wrath that our sins deserve. In this selection of sermons, Alistair Begg explains the depth of God’s love and how He demonstrated that love for us through the cross.
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We live in a time when our society is becoming increasingly disjointed and divided. Rather than celebrating what we have in common, it seems nowadays that we emphasize the things that separate us. In fact, I don’t know of a time, at least in my life, when our culture has been more divided in the United States, perhaps with the exception of the tumultuous 1960s.
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