Calvary Bible Church

The War Against the Messiah: v. 1-4 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Jesus’ death on the cross was meant to be his destruction, instead it was his greatest victory. The War In Heaven:…

My family visited last week. Many of you interacted with them. My folks came. They’ve been here before many times. But, my brother and his family from southern TX also came. My kids were so excited for them to come. We cleaned the house. We tried to get school done sooner. I was just sitting down to…

The Measuring of the Temple 11:1-2 The Two Witnesses 11:3-13 6a They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord , the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither…

I’ve talked with many of you about the goodness of God and his sovereignty. And we’ve commented how we don’t know how people get through life without a relationship with him, without knowing that God is in control of all the chaos and he is going to bring good out of it. Life is pretty hopeless without…

V. 3-5 The prayers of the saints mobilize God’s judgements. Prayers for vindication, justice, and deliverance. V. 5 The thunder, lightning, rumblings, and earthquakes are symbols of God’s wrathful presence. 5 But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless…

God is faithful to us: He protects his own. 1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Bring near the executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.” 2 And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter…

John Bunyan wrote one of the most famous books in the world: Pilgrims Progress. In it, he details the journey of Pilgrim from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. He starts this journey when Evangelist hands him a note, which contained these words: Flee from the Wrath to come. His city was…

From time to time, I work on vehicles. I used to do that more than I do now. Now, I don’t really have the time. But, from time to time, I still do. I’ve got some tools that were made to do only one or two things. You don’t use them until you need them. But, when you need them, you are glad that you have…

When I was younger and more immature than I am now, back when I was still in high school in fact, I would play tricks on my brother. He lived down in Florida while I was in Indiana. Sometimes I would go and visit and stay in his apartment. While there, he would step out. And sometimes, people would call…

Five years ago, Keith and Kristyn Getty wrote a new song. They were the ones who wrote In Christ Alone and have written many other solid new hymns. The hymn they wrote 5 years ago, during 2020, was He will hold me fast: When I fear my faith will fail Christ will hold me fast When the tempter would prevail…

Happy Father’s Day! I normally have a long introduction for Mother’s Day sermons because I am not a mom and I want all mom’s to know that while I am preaching to them, I really don’t understand what they are going through. I am a dad, though, so I don’t need to give a long introduction. I understand.…

Jesus said: “In this world you will have trouble.” The ministry “Open Doors” tells about Aasif in Afganistan. This happened in the last 4 years. After becoming a Christian, Aasif* had a dream to return to his birthplace to share the gospel with others. He and his family went, and over two years more…

I really enjoy doing weddings. This year, I might have 3 weddings to perform, Lord willing. I stand up here, before the father gives the bride away and I ask both the groom: will you have this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together in holy marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep…

What is peace? Well, a dictionary will tell you: a state of tranquility or quiet, freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions, harmony in personal relations, a state or period of mutual concord between governments. All that is great. I suppose a better question would be: when is peace?…

He is risen! He is risen indeed! It’s been a good morning of celebration. Some of you have been here from the beginning. Others are just joining in. Whenever you came, I am grateful that we can celebrate the truth together that Jesus is alive! That fact, that truth, changes everything. This morning for…

We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today, so I am going to just jump into the passage. Daniel chapters 10-12 are the same vision. Daniel 10 is an introduction to the vision. We studied that last week. Daniel 11 ish is the meat of the vision. Daniel 12 is the conclusion. We’ll be hitting that after Easter.…