Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

Most of us who have done any last minute travel know how if feels when you stop at a hotel for the night only to see the sign in the window blinking “No Vacancy!” So imagine how Mary and Joseph must have felt when they came to Bethlehem and she was about to have a baby and there was no room at the inn. That was not the only time that Jesus has come to a place only to find […]

Today we will take a look at two of the greatest hymns ever written–Elizabeth’s Hail Mary and Mary’s The Magnificat. Both of these hymns have found there way into the Catholic liturgy as a part of their worship of Mary, but as we will see today these songs were never intended for that purpose. Instead, they were given to honor Mary, and more importantly to glorify and worship the Child in her womb. George

Today we will begin our study in Luke and it will start out with a bang as the glorious supernatural swallows up the mundane ordinary when the angel Gabriel comes to announce the coming of John the Baptist to his father Zacharias. And excitement will fill the air as the word gets out that “the King is coming soon!” George

In today’s lesson in Exodus, we will see how the Israelites went from having an attitude of ingratitude to an attitude of gratitude very quickly. And maybe we can learn from their experience and fix any leaven of ingratitude we might be harboring in our hearts in the tough times in which we live. George

It’s interesting to see all the different ways people dress when they come to church. Some wear suits, others wear t-shirts and blue jeans. But as we will see in today’s lesson in Exodus, what we wear on the outside when we come before the Lord isn’t what really matters, but how we’re dressed spiritually is of utmost importance. We’ll learn how to dress for spiritual gory and beauty in Exodus 28 as we study about the Lord’s instructions for […]

In today’s lesson in Exodus we are going to look at the instructions the Lord gave to Moses for the construction of the Tabernacle. And we are going to place special emphasis on the horns of the altars, because they represent the pain of the sacrifice Jesus suffered for us so that we could have an everlasting relationship in the Holiest of Holies with the true and living God. George

There are a lot of pastors out there today who teach that as Christians we are still under the law. Well, today in our study we will take look at the very beginnings of the law when the Lord gave the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic Law to the Israelites, and then we discuss the end of the law so that we can determine just how the law is applicable to us as modern-day believers. George

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

John Trapp rightly said, “The fear of God is both a virtue and a keeper of other virtues.” That’s exactly why in our lesson today, the Lord is going to appear to the Israelites in such a way so as to give them a healthy fear of Him and His laws. As we look at this text we will explore some of the reasons we as Christians are to fear God and how our fear differs from that of these […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

In today’s text in Exodus 17 we will be introduced to one of those great names for the Lord: Jehovah Nissi which means, “The Lord is my banner. It’s His flag that I fly when I go to battle. He is the one I fight for.” When we fight under His banner the victory is sure, because “the battle belongs to the Lord!” George

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

There is a movement abreast in Christendom today to try to unhitch the Old Testament from the rest of the Bible. But that is a critical mistake because the Bible is and always will be one book with two testaments. That means that what we study in Genesis is every bit as important as what we study in Matthew, because all the books of the Bible are hitched together forever! We’ll explore the importance of the unity of Scripture today […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

In today’s lesson we’ll see the Israelites head from a place of joy down to a valley of bitterness. It’s a route they will follow for much of their history. A lot of us are on an emotional roller coaster that takes us down that same path and causes us to become bitter. Is there a cure for bitterness? There is, and we will learn all about that cure in this morning’s study. George

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

Today as we come to chapter 14 of Exodus, we find the Israelites in one heck of a predicament. They are boxed into a canyon with cliffs on their left and cliffs on their right, the Red Sea in front of them, and Pharaoh’s army is at their rear coming to attack them. About all they could say at this point is “Oh no!” But it was God who got ‘em in this mess and it would be God who […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

Last time when we left off in our study in Exodus, the terrible plague of darkness had ended, but as we come today to chapter 12 an even more terrible plague is about to begin–the plague of the death of the firstborn. But with that plague the Lord gives the people a way out. He will pass over and death will not enter the home of any family that has the blood of the lamb on their door. In this […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.