Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

When someone calls me on my cell phone when I’m driving my truck down the highway, I often have to ask them to repeat what they just said. I know I’m getting older and my hearing is probably not as good as it used to be, but there are other factors at work in such situations. There is the highway noise from those big tires on my truck and the engine noise from its sporty exhaust system. Together, they make […]

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.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw once angrily attacked fundamental Christianity by saying, “It is saturated with the ancient – and to me quite infernal – superstition of atonement by blood sacrifice, which I believe Christianity must completely get rid of, if it is to survive among thoughtful people” (Our Daily Bread, 08/79). Sorry to tell you George, but Christianity cannot survive without the atonement of blood sacrifice. Because, as we will learn in our text today in Hebrews, “without the shedding […]

Paul speaking of the Mosaic Law in Colossians 2 said that “these things are a shadow of which the substance is Christ.” (By substance, he meant the thing casting the shadow.) In today’s lesson we will be taking a look at the layout of the Jewish tabernacle (click the “download pdf” button to view), and we will learn how it serves as a shadow of the substance of Jesus Christ. Not only that, we can use the layout of the […]

The following laws are still on the books in these places: -In Kansas there is a law that states that you cannot eat snakes in public. -In Los Angeles you cannot give two babies a bath at the same time in the same bathtub. -In Corvallis, Oregon, it is illegal for young ladies to drink coffee after six in the evening. -There is a law in Colorado that forbids anyone from fishing off the 1053 ft. Royal Gorge Bridge. (As […]

In 1903, the newly installed Russian Czar was looking out a palace window when he noticed a sentry posted at the extreme end of the palace garden. He told the officer in charge to find out what the soldier was doing there. When the officer asked the soldier, his only response was that he was just doing what he had been ordered to do for years. When the officer researched the post, he found that Catherine the Great had originally […]

In chapter seven of Hebrews, the author is going to show us that Jesus is our great High Priest. He is much more than just the fulfillment of the Levitical Priesthood. He is a high priest forever according to the order of Melchezedek. “So what?” someone might ask. Let me let Samuel RIdout answer that question for you: “Once let Christ be apprehended, once let the beauty of His character as our Priest and the blessedness of the place into […]

In 2011, a California man devised a method of hunting ducks whereby he anchored a large barrel just off the coastline and hid in it until the ducks flew by. One evening, he was so busy shooting ducks as they flew ashore that he didn’t notice that his anchor had broke. Before he realized what had happened the barrel he was in had floated out to sea. About that time a dense fog rolled in with the darkness and the […]

A teacher once said to his student, “I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!” I think that’s exactly what the author of Hebrews was saying to some of his readers when he called them “dull of hearing.” They were hearing his words but they just weren’t getting it. He might very well have said to them, “What we have here is […]

Everybody loves a good story. Today we will be looking at “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and its main character, Jesus Christ, who is also its Author. The author of Hebrews wants us to delve deep into the plot line of this great story so that we can become better acquainted with the story’s Hero, who against all the forces of evil gave His life for us so that He could become the Author of salvation and the Author of […]

Karl Barth had this to say about “the old, old story” of Easter: “The Easter story tells us that our enemies, sin, the curse, and death, are beaten. Ultimately, they can no longer start mischief. But they still behave as though the game was not decided, the battle not fought. We must still reckon with them, but fundamentally we must cease to fear them anymore.” (Barth, Dogmatics in Outline) The author of Hebrews is teaching us something similar, to live […]

The title of today’s message is “Quit Work Now!” It almost sounds like an admonition from cultists like Jim Jones who invited people to quit work and join up with him in some far removed place to drink strange kool-aid. But the admonition to quit work has nothing to do with our physical labors and everything to do with our spiritual works. The author of Hebrews will say to us in 4:10 that “he who has entered His rest has […]

Jocco Grant once stated that the typical attention span of the average church goer is “ten praises, six promises, or one preachy statement.” People have a hard time listening to God for two reasons: 1) They don’t like what He has to say or 2) they don’t care enough to listen. In today’s text in Hebrews, the author is going to give us one of the most critical precepts to salvation in the Bible, and he is going to warn […]

There was a certain teacher who was encouraging one of his students to not be a quitter. He said. “Look at Georg e Washington, he never quit. Look at Thomas Edison, he never quit. Look at the Wright brothers, they never quit.” Then he said, “Look at Elmo Jones.” The student then asked, “Who is Elmo Jones?” The teacher responded, “See!! He quit!” Christianity is certainly not for quitters, but yet all of us have known people along the way […]

There is an old Syrian proverb which says, “Birth is the messenger of death.” In other words, we are born to die; no sooner do we come into the world then we face the possibility and inevitability of death. We live in a dying world. Death is all around us. No wonder the greatest fear for most of us is the fear of dying. In today’s text, we will be reminded of the good news that Jesus Christ has conquered […]

Queen Victoria (1837-1901) was one of the greatest monarchs in English history. When she was a young girl, she was shielded from the truth that she was one of the possible heirs to the throne of England. When the day came for her tutor to tell her of her probable future destiny, her reply was, “Then I will be good!” In today’s text in Hebrews, We will be reminded of just who we are in Jesus Christ. We were created […]

I read a story years back about two young boys who were fishing near some steep falls on a river in California. There were several highly visible warning signs posted on the river, but they were so focused on their fishing that they begin to drift towards the falls. Soon the currents became too strong for them to control their boat and the river carried them over the falls to their death below. The Bible is full of warning signs […]

Angels in Scripture usually are mentioned as having a close connection with heaven. When the Angel of the Lord called Hagar, he called out to her from heaven. When Jacob had his dream in Bethel, he saw a ladder coming down from heaven and angels ascending and descending on it. When the angels finished singing to the shepherds at the birth of Christ, we are told that they went back to heaven. Whenever Jesus spoke of the angels he spoke […]

John Payton tells of the time when he and his wife were missionaries on the New Hebrides Islands, and how one night they were attacked by hostile natives. Payton and his wife prayed for God‘s help and suddenly their attackers left. Years later, when the chief of these hostile natives was converted to Christ, Payton asked him why they had aborted their attack that night. He said that he was afraid to charge because he had seen hundreds of giant […]

When I was a little boy, my dad took me to see the president of the United States at Goodfellow Air Force Base. I remember it was a sunny day and the glare was so great, I could barely see him as he came off his plane. In today’s text, we will be looking at one much greater than any president, we will be looking at Jesus, and we will see Him “as the brightness of the Father’s glory; as […]