Calvary Bible Fellowship, Bangalore

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:15 - 29 Solomon says: "Consider the ways of God. Who can make straight what He makes crooked." God has made somethings crooked in this world. Solomon says that if we try to understand why God has made certain things crooked in this world, we really can't understand it and not just that; but when we try to straighten out what God has made crooked, we just can't do it. The...

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20; Mathew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39; Ephesians 1:3-14 God's kingdom in Mark's gospel comes with power, power to do things that humans can not do on their own. It transforms and forces humans to perceive the truth that God's kingdom best takes root in the marginalized, the outcasts, those seemingly most insignificant. This runs counter to human institutions -- even most ecclesiasti...

Scripture: Romans 7 : 1 - 25 Our position in our Savior enables us to experience daily victory over sin through constantly yielding to the Holy Spirit for obedience to God’s will. But the spiritual life will be a struggle

Scripture: 1st John 5:1-13 We live in a world that is filled with doubt.  Very few people seem to have any real certainty about anything. The worse place for doubt to arise is in the realm of the spiritual.  We seem to be able to handle other forms of doubt better than we handle those doubts that are spiritual in nature.  But, doubt does arise there too, doesn’t it? Sadly, we are li...

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:1 – 14 Perspective is everything. Every decision we make is based on a perspective or a worldview that reflects our understanding of reality. It is a set of lenses through which we look at the world that shows other people what we think of reality or how we view the world. One of the most crucial lessons to learn in this sin contaminated world is for us to know how to han...

Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-25 We have seen how the old system of sacrifices under the law of Moses was simply a sketch, a shadow, a dim preview of the true form of the good things to come. The mold holds the shape, but it’s the thing that will fill the mold for which everyone is waiting. The Old Covenant, the old system, was the mold holding the shape of the good things to come. Jesus filled it; now...

Scripture: 1st Corinthians 12:7-11  Spiritual gifts are given only to Christians, and they are something you never had before you became a Christian. They are abilities to function in the realm of the spirit, not the body, so that the health of the spirit is improved and enhanced and strengthened, and it results in what we usually term "blessing." When you are "blessed" by something you feel...

Scripture: Daniel 3 : 1-30 Idolatry is a perversion of the worship of God and it opposes His majesty. That’s why it’s such a temptation to our hearts. One of the reasons that idolatry is tempting is because it capitalizes on half-truths. We are all worshipers. We were created to have awe and reverence for something. We were created to reflect the beautiful image of God. In our sin and the fall the...

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6: 1 – 12 Viktor Frankl once said "There is nothing in the world that will help you survive even in the worst of conditions, the worst ordeals in your life like the knowledge that there is meaning in life." Does the understanding that life has meaning make such a difference to in our lives? Is there something that we need to understand that will help us make the most of our...

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-14 All around us are models for living. We are given so many different options that it can be difficult to choose which one to follow. For the follower of Christ, the answer is less complicated. It involves two thoughts: “How will my life allow Christ to shine?” and “How will my life allow others to shine?”

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5 : 8 – 20 The world believes that the more wealth we have, the more we are satisfied, and greater will be our happiness in life. We too sometimes tend to lean towards believing that having a little more money to pay off our bills etc could be really helpful and could bail us out of our problems. Is there a connection between money and happiness?  What is the secret to...

Scripture: Luke 15 We all rejoice in finding lost things. Our text is Luke’s account of three parables, each of which describes the finding of a lost item, and each of which describes the joy and celebration which resulted.

Scripture: 1st Corinthians 12:1-7 The 2012 movie The Avengers was the story of a group of superheroes that banded together to battle an evil force that was bent on world domination. The only problem was, these superheroes had a hard time banding. For about the first half of the movie, they were each caught up in their own agendas. They squabbled. They backbit. They distrusted each other's motives....

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16 Have you ever heard the phrase, “that person is a salt of the earth person?” Have you ever wondered what that meant? Here Jesus makes clear what is the mission, the vocation, the task and responsibility of those who live according to the Beatitudes. 

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1 – 7 Do we struggle in worshiping God? We are aware of his promises that He is there amidst us when we assemble together as a church or when we spend our quiet times or our personal times with him. Unfortunately, we don't recognize His presence sometimes we even sleep or end up in the slumber land. We don't mean to be disrespectful but often we are. We know we should bur...

Mark 4:35-5:1 Jesus Calms a Storm 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion...

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Hebrews 8:6 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 But as it is, Christ[a] has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

Ecclesiastes 4 English Standard Version (ESV) Evil Under the Sun 4 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. 3 But bett...

1 Corinthians 11:27-34 English Standard Version (ESV) 27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why...

Matthew 28:18-20 English Standard Version (ESV) 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Ephes...

Jonah 1 English Standard Version (ESV) Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil[a] has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare...

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Daniel 1 English Standard Version (ESV) Daniel Taken to Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasu...

Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 English Standard Version (ESV) From Dust to Dust 16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. 18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of...