Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

E.D. Graff had this to say about marriage: “Marriage is when you agree to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a room that is too warm beside someone who’s sleeping in a room that is too cold.” Marriage is certainly about living with someone different than you. So, as Peter will show us in today’s lesson, for marriage to work, the husband and wife must be willing to submit to God’s order for marriage. What is God’s order? […]

Most of you are aware that the word Islam means submission. Muslims believe that you either submit to the will of Allah or you should be forced to do so. Interestingly enough, Christianity is based on submission too. As we will learn from our text today, Easter is a story of submission. But there are some big differences between the Muslim and Christian faiths. One is that we don’t worship Allah the moon god, we worship Jehovah the LORD!!!! Also, […]

Benjamin Franklin once proposed the following picture for the Great Seal of the United States: Pharaoh sitting in an open chariot, a crown on his head and a sword in his hand, passing through the divided waters of the Red Sea in pursuit of the Israelites. Rays from a pillar of fire in the cloud, expressive of the Divine presence and command, beaming on Moses, who stands on the shore and, extending his hand over the sea, causes it to […]

I’m sure most of you have seen the 2006 movie We Are Marshall. The plot of the movie centers on the events that took place following the tragic plane crash in 1970 that took the lives of the football team and its coaches. But instead of wreaking havoc on the once proud college and community, the tragedy actually united them together in purpose. So much so that at one point in the movie they shout in unison, “We are Marshall!!” […]

Back in 2014, Rickey Wagner, a public transit bus driver in Dayton, Ohio, was attacked by three teenagers, and they shot him three times point-blank range. One of the bullets hit him in the leg, and the other two, which were aimed at his heart, were stopped by a New Testament he had in his front pocket. Dayton Police Sgt. Michael Pauley told the local TV station that “there obviously was some kind of divine intervention involved in this incident.” […]

A slave in Roman times could be redeemed by the payment of a large sum of silver and gold. But the redemption that Jesus paid to set us free from our sin came at an infinitely greater price. Peter will tell us in today’s text that “we were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold, but by the precious blood of Jesus Christ, as of a lamb without blemish or spot.” Another way of putting it would be […]

Join us in a study in the book of Daniel taught verse by verse by Pastor George. These teachings on Daniel are from Wednesday evening service.

A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. “I couldn’t read it,” the friend explained. “Somebody named Guten-something had printed it.” “Not Gutenberg!” the book lover exclaimed in horror. “That Bible was one of the first books ever printed. Why, a copy just sold for over two million dollars!” His friend was unimpressed. […]

Join us in a study in the book of Daniel taught verse by verse by Pastor George. These teachings on Daniel are from Wednesday evening service.

Peter in his first epistle is going to tell us about living for Christ as pilgrims in a hostile land. He begins by reminding us that we have all the mercy we need to live victoriously through every situation of life. Alexander Maclaren describes Christ’s mercy, “like water in a vase that takes the shape of the vessel that holds it. On the one hand, His grace is infinite, and is given to every one of us according to the […]

A.C. Dixon in one of his books had this to say about the power of prayer: “When we rely on organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely on education, we get what education can do; when we rely on eloquence we get what eloquence can do; but when we rely on prayer, we get what God can do!” I don’t know about you, but what I want and need in my life is what God can do. […]

A wise-guy once said, “They say it’s better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable. But couldn’t something be worked out, such as moderately rich and a little bit moody!” Actually, I don’t think any of us would mind being at least a little bit rich. James begins chapter five of his book with what seems to be an admonition against being rich. He says, “Howl you rich, for your miseries that are coming upon you!” That passage […]

Join us in a study in the book of Daniel taught verse by verse by Pastor George. These teachings on Daniel are from Wednesday evening service.

Novelist Jack Higgens, the author of bestseller The Eagle Has Landed, was once asked what he would have like to have known as a boy. He responded, “I would have liked to have known that when you get to the top, there is nothing there.” In today’s text, James will remind us that life is nothing more than a vapor, and even for those who make it to the top, there is often nothing there. Not only that, the world […]

Several years ago Dr. Griffith Thomas was asked if he thought the world was becoming more and more Christian. He responded, “No, I don’t think that is true. I think the world is becoming a little churchy, while the church is becoming immensely worldly.” Today, I don’t think we could even say the world is a little churchy, but we sure can say that the church is immensely worldly. In today’s text, James is going to tell us about the […]

Many of the exhortations James gives us in his book would make great New Year resolutions for 2016. In today’s text, we find one that could perhaps be “the mother” of all New Year resolutions– that we would resolve to control our tongues. The problem with such a resolution is that it seems to be impossible to keep. James says in 3:8 that “No man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” So would […]

Years ago when we were struggling financially while in seminary, a good friend of mine got word of my plight and came to me and handed me a blank check. He told me he had $10,000 in the account and that I could write the check for any amount I needed up to that amount. I turned his offer down, but was greatly blessed by his token of love. I had known this man for a couple of years. We […]

Join us in a study in the book of Daniel taught verse by verse by Pastor George. These teachings on Daniel are from Wednesday evening service.

Any king worth his salt realizes that he is held to a higher standard than the common people. As Christians we are held to a higher standard, too. What’s the higher standard? In the today’s text, James refers to it as the Royal Law. What’s the Royal Law? It’s the law given to us in Leviticus 19:18: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus Himself narrowed down the commandments for His royal children to this same commandment. So as […]

Join us in a study in the book of Daniel taught verse by verse by Pastor George. These teachings on Daniel are from Wednesday evening service.