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What Do CGN Leaders Believe About the End Times?

How much of an emphasis does Calvary Global Network put on eschatology: the area of theology that deals with studying the end times? What is…
Discipleship

Finding Strength in the Benevolent Gaze of God

Last November, I wrote an article about knowing God as a conventional relationship. I developed an idea from John Frame that describes how profound our…
Theology

A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON PURIM

Imagine a holiday in which kids dress up, wander around the neighborhood in costumes, make joyous noise, and receive sweets from all over the place.…
Theology
The Way of Peter vs The Way of Jesus
Podcasts
The Origins and DNA of Calvary Global Network
Theology
Five Points on the Mission Statement of a Christ Follower
Theology
Solus Christus: Why We Don’t Put Our Faith In Churches, Leaders Or Rituals
Podcasts
Is God Allowing Suffering Just as Bad as Him Causing It?
Theology
The God I Won’t Believe In: Facing Nine Common Barriers To Embracing Christianity
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

The Dangers of Postmodernism

Postmodernism may be today’s common thinking, but is that a good thing? In this episode, Brian and Aaron push past the facade of freedom postmodernism…
Culture

God’s Goodness in the Midst of COVID

Monday, May 11, began a new chapter in France's struggle with the Coronavirus. The time of confinement is transitioning into renewed activity. Many people are…
Culture
Why Stephen Fry is Wrong
Culture
Israel at 70: Lessons for the Church Part 1
Culture
The Link: Google Searches for Prayer, Church Response to the Virus, Bart Ehrman & More
Culture
The Great Reset or The Great Return
Culture
Rural America Matters Too
Culture
Working Through The Issues: More Thoughts On Attending an LGBT Friend’s Wedding
Culture

Injustice, Deconstruction, & El Roi

In the 2001 cult classic Zoolander, Will Farrell plays Mugatu, the movie’s antagonist. This evil villain of the fashion world, who intends to use male…
Gospel

Don’t Underestimate the Power of the Gospel

The Gospel is the "good news" concerning who Christ is and what He has accomplished. It is the power of God to redeem sinful humanity,…
Gospel

Practice Resurrection

Today (this weekend), people worldwide are remembering and celebrating the greatest event in human history- the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead! All human…
Gospel
The Real Meaning of Palm Sunday
Gospel
Unity Requires Conversation
Gospel
How To Wreck a Sermon: 5 Simple Steps
Gospel
Contextualizing the Gospel: An Example Set by Jesus
Gospel
Friends Not Foes
Gospel
A Box with a Lid: The Shared Fate of John Chrysostom and the Gospel
Ministry & Leadership

Church Planting and the Health of Calvary Chapel

The health of our movement is fantastic but there is one thing …I’ve been blessed to be a Calvary Chapel pastor for twenty-plus years. I’m…
Discipleship

Experiencing an Insurrection of Kindness in Your Ministry

Even though I know it comes every year, I find that winter sneaks up on me. Often it’s the holiday season that distracts me. Life…
Ministry & Leadership

Three Thoughts on Moral Failure

Clay Worrell will be leading a workshop at the 2017 CCCM Pastors & Leaders Conference happening June 26-29!I received news that yet another pastor friend…
Ministry & Leadership
Three Benefits of Seeing Christ in the Old Testament
Ministry & Leadership
Lies Pastors (And Christians) Believe
Ministry & Leadership
Things That Matter Panel Discussion: The Pastor as a Student
Ministry & Leadership
Why International Missions are Vital to the Church Today
Ministry & Leadership
4 Tools to Cultivate Church Plants in a Post-pandemic Ecosystem
Ministry & Leadership
A Biblical Guide to Raising Kids who Love Jesus
Discipleship

Psalm 134: Making the Choice to Rejoice

“Every journey changes you in some way.” - Anon “Blessed is the man whose strength is in You. Whose heart is set on pilgrimage...” (Psalm…
Culture

War in Ukraine: A Year of Abiding Grace

5:00 a.m. I awoke abruptly to my phone ringing in my apartment in Budapest, Hungary. It was February 24, 2022. “They’re bombing Kyiv. We’re at…
Discipleship

Intentional Relational Leadership: How to Develop Leaders in Real Life

Editor’s Note: This is the first article of a series on how to develop disciples who will, in turn, make disciples of others. In addition,…
Discipleship
How to Turn a Church Visitor into a Disciple
Discipleship
Do You Understand That We Are the Bride?
Discipleship
How to Diagnose a Cold Heart Toward God
Discipleship
Teach Me Your Way: Three Reminders that God Knows What is Best
Discipleship
What Is Hatred For?
Discipleship
Bridging the Generational Gap in Our Churches
Christian Living

Jesus Brings (More) Life

While all God’s Word is inspired and profitable ( 2 Timothy 3:16), most Christians have favorite passages. Sometimes we talk about our “life verse” by…
Bible Study

An Ordinary Wedding (John 2:1-11)

When you think of the time Jesus turned water to wine at a wedding in Cana, what’s your first thought? “I know the story. I’ve…
Christian Living

In Everything Give Thanks (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

I Thessalonians 5:18 “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Ever feel like you got things…
Christian Living
A Better Way Than Condemning
Christian Living
The Real Saint Nick
Christian Living
5 Essentials for Effective Christian Parenting
Christian Living
He Became Poor For Us (2 Corinthians 8:9)
Christian Living
The Word Made Flesh: How Scripture Anchored My Soul through Stormy Trials
Christian Living
It’s Not About What You Ought to Do