Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

Robert Murray McCheyne wrote the following encouraging words to Dan Edwards upon the occasion of his ordination as a missionary: “In a great measure according to the purity and perfections of the instrument will be the success! It is not great talents that God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus Christ.” McCheyne was right. Our success in the great eternal issues of life depend upon our great likeness to Jesus. The question is, “Do we truly have His […]

James Kallam in his book Glad Tidings tells the story of a young book salesman who approached a farmer and told him, “I have a book I can sell you that will tell you how to farm ten times better than you are farming now.” The farmer thought about it for a few seconds and then responded, “Son, I don’t need that book, I already know how to farm 10 times better than I’m farming now!” A lot of us […]

James tells us in our text today “to be swift to hear and slow to speak!” Being a good listener is one of the essential characteristics of Christian character. Why? Because when we listen, it means we care. We stop and listen to God, because we love God. When we listen to other people, we are showing them that we care, because by doing so, we are putting their needs above our own. Larry King once said, “I never learned […]

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.

The Psalmist proclaims in Psalm 119:67-68, “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your Word. You are good, and do good, therefore, teach me your statutes.” In today’s text, James is going to teach us a lesson very similar to the one found in this Psalm. He will show how the devil uses temptation to lead us astray from God and His glorious light and into a cloud of darkness. But God will use the affliction […]

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 experienced Christian pilgrim can attest to the fact that a lot more of life is spent in the valley of hardship and difficulty than it is on the spiritual mountaintops. Jesus said in John 16, “I have told you these things, because in this world you will have tribulation.” What things has He told us? The spiritual mountaintop stuff; the things that prepare us for the hard life in the valley. Today we begin our study in the book […]

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 recent poll conducted by George Barna determined that only about 20% of Evangelical Christians believe that there are absolute truths. If that poll is accurate, it spells lots of trouble for the true church in the future; because if we are unwilling to compromise on our core beliefs, we will find ourselves at odds with mainstream religion. We will be forced to practice our religion outside “the camp.” The author in today’s text reminds us, that Jesus was crucified […]

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.

The title of today’s message is “Kumbaya” The term “kumbaya” has come to be associated with universal love or the love for all humanity. The Peanuts character Linus once admitted, “I love mankind; it’s people I can’t stand!” There are a lot of people in the world who claim to love all of humanity, while at the same time having a lot of difficulty even loving their nearest neighbors. As we will learn in today’s lesson, the universal love for […]

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.

Way back in 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis had a hit song entitled, “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On.” Jerry Lee was referring to something else, but even so, the title serves as an apt description of the metaphor of an earthquake, which will be the main theme of our text today. Earthquakes are pretty commonplace events in the Bible, and they usually mark the appearance of God or some major event. There was an earthquake on Sinai when God appeared […]

On July 4, 1952, Florence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, attempted to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. It was her greatest challenge, not only because of the distance, but because of a dense fog and very cold water. After swimming to within a half of a mile of the California coast, she gave up. When asked why she quit, she responded, “I swam for 15 hours, and yet because of […]

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.

In today’s lesson, the author of Hebrews will liken the Christian walk of faith to participation in a sport- specifically a marathon. One of the big problems in Christendom today is that too many so-called Christians never really get into the race; they just sit on the sidelines and criticize those who are. You could call them arm chair quarterbacks. One dictionary defines an arm chair quarterback as a person who is not playing the game, nor often never has, […]

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.

When construction began a decade ago, the 105 story pyramid-shaped Ryuyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, was slated to become the tallest hotel in the world. But because of high costs and poor structural integrity, it is a job that probably never will be completed. The author will tell us in the last part of chapter 11 about some very famous men and women who had the faith to complete the job God gave them to do. Lots of us […]

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.

“One of the reasons why mature people stop growing and learning, says John Gardner, “is that they become less and less willing to risk failure!” In today’s lesson, we will learn about the relationship of risk taking to faith. Moses and his parents lived by faith and because they lived by faith they were willing to risk everything to serve God’s purposes. You could call them daredevils for God! We will never expand our boundaries of ministry if we aren’t […]