CALVARY SMITHVILLE

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ longest recorded sermon in the Bible. His words to the disciples and curious crowds were radical! And they still are today. Instead of just teaching people to follow a list of religious rules, Jesus taught them the importance of obeying God from the heart. True followers of Jesus follow Him in all things, even in their most private thoughts. Essentially, Jesus use...

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ longest recorded sermon in the Bible. His words to the disciples and curious crowds were radical! And they still are today. Instead of just teaching people to follow a list of religious rules, Jesus taught them the importance of obeying God from the heart. True followers of Jesus follow Him in all things, even in their most private thoughts. Essentially, Jesus use...

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ longest recorded sermon in the Bible. His words to the disciples and curious crowds were radical! And they still are today. Instead of just teaching people to follow a list of religious rules, Jesus taught them the importance of obeying God from the heart. True followers of Jesus follow Him in all things, even in their most private thoughts. Essentially, Jesus use...

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” Psalm 133:1 (ESV) Welcome to this series. God has created us for relationships, and as the psalmist reminds us, how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters in Christ dwell in UNITY . This series will remind us that Calvary is a CommUNITY that demonstrates, declares, and disciples those around us who are living without Je...

Haggai was a minor prophet. That means he is one of a group of prophets whose messages were shorter than others and their works were eventually collected on a single scroll (Isaiah got his own scroll). When Haggai was written, the Israelites had returned from exile to Jerusalem, a city that had been laid to waste. Their homes, shops, places of education, and most importantly, the Temple, were gone...

Haggai was a minor prophet. That means he is one of a group of prophets whose messages were shorter than others and their works were eventually collected on a single scroll (Isaiah got his own scroll). When Haggai was written, the Israelites had returned from exile to Jerusalem, a city that had been laid to waste. Their homes, shops, places of education, and most importantly, the Temple, were gone...

Have you noticed how the holidays tend to magnify things? Good times are better and bad times are worse. Unfortunately, hurtful feelings from the past can also pop up and be magnified–feelings over incidents or relationships that you maybe wish never happened. Feelings of being offended. Feelings of shame. Feelings of being labeled by past, or even present, events. To truly live in Christ as a new...

Have you noticed how the holidays tend to magnify things? Good times are better and bad times are worse. Unfortunately, hurtful feelings from the past can also pop up and be magnified–feelings over incidents or relationships that you maybe wish never happened. Feelings of being offended. Feelings of shame. Feelings of being labeled by past, or even present, events. To truly live in Christ as a new...

Have you noticed how the holidays tend to magnify things? Good times are better and bad times are worse. Unfortunately, hurtful feelings from the past can also pop up and be magnified–feelings over incidents or relationships that you maybe wish never happened. Feelings of being offended. Feelings of shame. Feelings of being labeled by past, or even present, events. To truly live in Christ as a new...