Sunday Service

Thank you for listening to the Calvary Chapel Bakersfield podcast! We are a community of believers located in Bakersfield, California, dedicated to following Jesus Christ and spreading his message of love and salvation. Our church offers multiple services throughout the week to accommodate busy schedules. Join us on Sundays at 8:30 am or 10:30 am (Children and Youth services provided during our 10...

Over the next 4 weeks we are doing a mini series I have titled, “Thriving in Babylon” that will lead us into a study of the book of Acts. Today is a way of introducing the study and giving you the backstory of Babylon that I think you will find both helpful and interesting in better understanding the days we live in and how we can not just survive the events that are taking place in the world toda...

Happy Mothers Day! I asked my wife this week what would she want to hear on Mother’s Day or what message would she want to remind Mom’s this Mother’s Day. Her answer was the same this year as it was last year She said, “Being a mom is hard work and don’t be discouraged, hang in there, don’t give up.”  “Pain is temporary, glory is eternal.”  I’ve said for years if giving birth to children...

The intention of a Doxology is to draw Attention to the Glory of God The last three verses of the book of Romans are what we usually call a doxology.  The word doxology comes from the Greek words doxa, which means “glory” , and logos, which means “word” . So a doxology is a word that ascribes glory to God.  -------------- Thank you for listening to the Calvary Chapel Bakersfield podcast!...

Living your best life ever is not to be confused with the book “Your Best Life Now”. In 2008 pastor John MacArthur preached a sermon he titled, “Your Best Life Now Or Later”. He began the sermon by saying this and I quote, “The title of the book is “Your Best Life Now”. I have seen stacks and stacks and stacks of those books everywhere I’ve gone. --------------- Thank you for listening to the Calv...

Paul knew what was in store for the devil and we need to know this too. Before anything else today you need to know the Devil has been defeated.  1 Peter 5:8 reminds us, “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”   The devil today can make a lot of noise and he does, but he is powerless in the life of the...

We are coming to the end of the book of Romans and as we do it’s always good to remind you of the basic outline of the book. Chapters 1-3 deal primarily with the WRATH of God Chapters 4-8 deal primarily with the GRACE of God Chapters 9-11 deal primarily with the PLAN of God Chapters 12-16 deal primarily with the WILL of God Chapters 1-11 deal with DOCTRINAL ISSUES Chapters 12-15 deal with PRACTICA...

Easter 2023 Thank you for listening to the Calvary Chapel Bakersfield podcast! We are a community of believers located in Bakersfield, California, dedicated to following Jesus Christ and spreading his message of love and salvation. Our church offers multiple services throughout the week to accommodate busy schedules. Join us on Sundays at 8:30 am or 10:30 am (Children and Youth services provided d...

Join us for our Good Friday service! Thank you for listening to the Calvary Chapel Bakersfield podcast! We are a community of believers located in Bakersfield, California, dedicated to following Jesus Christ and spreading his message of love and salvation. Our church offers multiple services throughout the week to accommodate busy schedules. Join us on Sundays at 8:30 am or 10:30 am (Children and...

Palm Sunday is a great reminder of that God is in control and that His timing is absolutely perfect in human history. God's perfect timing does two things for us that we want to keep in mind as we study His Word today:  1. It grows our faith as we are forced to wait and trust in God and  2. It makes certain that He, and He alone, gets the glory and praise for pulling us through.  Ps...

Last week I reminded you of an easy outline for the book of Romans is to remember that Romans 1-11 deals primarily with doctrinal issues regarding sin and salvation and chapter 12 through the first part of Roman’s 15 Paul deals with practical issues on how we should live and get along and then from Romans 15:23 all the way to the end of chapter 16 Paul deals with personal issues. This morning we w...

There is an old expression that captures this portion of text we are studying today and most certainly reflects the ministry of the apostle Paul. The statement goes like this, “Plan your work and work your plan”. Let me ask you a personal question this morning. You don’t have to answer it out loud. When it comes to your spiritual life do you have a plan? Do you have any goals regarding your faith?...

Hope is the antidote for divisiveness and defensiveness. And throughout Scripture, hope is most often referred to in conjunction with the coming of Jesus Christ. The more evangelistic a church is, the less divided it becomes.  After spending the first half of Romans 15 talking about unity in the body, Paul shifts gears to discuss ministry in the world. Why? Because the two are very close...

As you turn to Romans 15 this morning Pauls letter to the church here instructing us how to treat one another reminds me of that story of the Mom who was trying to teach her two sons a life lesson when she was preparing them a pancake breakfast one Saturday morning and they were arguing over who would get the first plate of pancakes. Kevin was 5 years old and his younger brother Kyle was 3. They w...

Good morning! It’s good to be home and to be with you. Would you turn with me in your bible to Romans chapter 14 and we will pick it up where we left off a couple of weeks ago before I left for Israel and parts unknown. John and Larry filled the pulpit overflowing and I am so blessed by them both. Last week Larry taught about the danger of self love which is the antithesis of God’s love which sacr...

This Study comes from the Lord speaking to me about getting serious about loving Him with an unfeigned love (Authentic Love).

Join us as for our guest speaker!

The renewed mind seeks after God and how we might please Him and love Him. The renewed mind then sets out to love others in Jesus name. Paul showed us how that love flows from the inside out. It begins with God and then flows outward in our service to our brothers and sisters in Christ and then continues on to those outside the body of Christ proving our love is genuine in that God’s love is exten...

I remember one year buying a birthday card that had very loving words and crossing out Happy Birthday and writing “Happy Valentines Day”. I wrote on the card “I liked the words of this card so much I got it for Valentines Day.”  I titled the message this morning “Falling in Love With Your Bible” because of something I was reminded of this last week when a group of us from church were invited to go...

When I read verses 8-14 here in Romans chapter 13 I am reminded of that old saying, “Jesus paid a debt He did not owe and we owe a debt we cannot pay.”  The last few weeks as we began the last section of the book of Romans that begins in chapter 12 we have been studying God’s will for the believers life. Any time you ever want to know God’s will for your life and how we are to carry ourselves in o...

Happy New Year! I had to laugh this week as I was studying for today as some people might believe I chose this particular passage because of the recent events in Washington DC this past week where Bakersfield’s own Kevin McCarthy was finally voted the Speak of The House of Representatives, the third highest position in our government behind the President and Vice President. If you thought people m...

Happy New Year! Next week we will start back in our study of the book of Romans in chapter 13, but this morning being a “One Service Sunday” as we celebrate the New Year today, I thought we would dedicate today to looking at what the Bible teaches regarding how we should approach a New Year. And because it's a communion Sunday and the first one of this New Year, I wanted it to be memorable for you...