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Culture

Evan Wickham: Hope for Doubters & Deconstructionists

Why are Millennials and GenZ kids who grew up in the Church leaving in droves? How can we reach people struggling with doubt and deconstruction?…
Theology

The God I Won’t Believe In: Facing Nine Common Barriers To Embracing Christianity

In 2019, I posted a poll online asking people to anonymously answer this question: How would you complete the sentence, “I could never believe in…
Theology

CGN Statement on Women in Ministry Leadership

The roles and extent to which women engage in ministry leadership and Bible teaching is a point of long-standing discussion and disagreement among professing followers…
Christian Living
8 Principles For Reading The Bible Well (Proverbs 2)
Culture
Can I attend my LGBT friend’s wedding?
Theology
The “Good People” Myth
Theology
Solus Christus: Why We Don’t Put Our Faith In Churches, Leaders Or Rituals
Theology
Sola Scriptura: Biblical Authority And The People Of God
Discipleship
Finding Strength in the Benevolent Gaze of God
Culture

Christianity & Culture Series: Christianity, Liberty & the Rule of Law

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians 3:17). Dedicated to Charlotte BeveridgeSchool of LawUniversity of Sussex The freedom and rights…
Culture

Gathering Together Again: Best Practices for the Church Re-opening

If anything is certain over the last few months, it is that the predictability of ministry has been anything but certain! Because of the COVID-19/Coronavirus…
Culture

Trafficking Hope with Karl Marx

Why are those who preach that “religion is the opiate of the masses,” are now pushing for legalizing marijuana? Maybe they see opiates for the…
Culture
“The Lord Bless Thee:” Remembering Pastor Chuck
Culture
Relating the Gospel to Social Justice
Culture
Four Practical Ways to Live Like Jesus In Election Season
Christian Living
Vincent under the Starry Night of His Calling
Culture
Avoiding the Trap of Conspiracy Theory Christianity
Culture
Responding with Wisdom to the Ferguson Tragedy
Gospel

Pierced by the Lord: Thoughts on Good Friday

I was reading through my Bible reading plan, which currently has me in the book of Jeremiah, and I came across a phrase that gave…
Gospel

Why Reaching the Lost Should Cost Us Everything

He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires…
Gospel

How To Wreck a Sermon: 5 Simple Steps

This is Part Two in a series on "Gospel Centered Preaching". If you missed Part One click here. There are many preaching approaches common in…
Gospel
Mecca Moslems vs. Medina Moslems
Gospel
How the Gospel Heals Shame
Gospel
Seven Moments That Demonstrate Global Missions Matter
Gospel
Three Signs of “Drive-By” Evangelism
Gospel
This is the Way: The Mandalorian and Ancient Creedal Christianity
Gospel
The Essentials of Gospel Proclamation
Ministry & Leadership

Church Planting in Another Country.

There are several different types of Christian missions. Humanitarian missions focus on either short-term or long-term care through humanitarian means. Social missions focus on serving…
Christian Living

Gospel-Centered Life

As a Calvary Chapel, our family of churches was at the center of the Jesus Revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s, the last great…
Ministry & Leadership

Reframing the Gospel for the Nations That are Now in Our Neighborhoods Part 2

Is it possible that the first miraculous sign Jesus did, turning water into wine, might actually provide some easy access points to Gospel truths for…
Ministry & Leadership
What Does CGN Believe about Ecclesiology and Church Government?
Ministry & Leadership
The Power of Online Ministry – Mike Winger
Discipleship
Weak Men Weak Excuses
Discipleship
Are We Doing What God is Calling Us to Do?
Ministry & Leadership
When Good Men Separate
Ministry & Leadership
The Crucial Factor for Effective Small Town Ministry
Discipleship

Youth Ministry

“So I will praise You on the mountain / And I will praise You when the mountain’s in my way You’re the summit where my…
Discipleship

Are You a Missionary?

My wife Lynne and I went onto the mission field when were young. We left America in our early twenties and spent ten years in…
Discipleship

The Early Church: Trial by Fire

When Jesus ascended into heaven after His resurrection, He told His disciples, “You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and…
Discipleship
The Way We Repent
Christian Living
Want To Be A Good Witness? Do Your Job Well.
Discipleship
Wake Up To The Story – Resisting Apathy pt.1
Christian Living
A Time of Lament
Discipleship
The Benefit of Christ as Our Foundation
Discipleship
Women Called by God: Madeleine Barot from the WWII French Resistance
Christian Living

Vision > Sight: Vision is Greater than Sight

Did you know there is a difference between vision and sight? I started exploring this the other day after my husband and I had a…
Christian Living

A Culture of Wannabes: Be Imitators of God

A "wannabe" is defined as: 1. A person who wants or aspires to be someone or something else or who tries to look or act…
Christian Living

“Sinner” is No Longer Your True Identity

At the beginning of every year, every season of life, or every day, we can say, "We have not been this way before." A new…
Christian Living
Corrie ten Boom Part 2: Women Worth Knowing
Christian Living
5 Tips for Discipling Your Children
Christian Living
Merry Christmas from CalvaryChapel.com
Christian Living
Consecration, Hope & Prayer
Christian Living
Why I am Thankful for My Experience with Panic Attacks Part 2
Christian Living
Lilias Trotter: Women Worth Knowing