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Theology

Answering Tough Questions about CRT, LGBTQ Issues, and Spiritual Formation.

What do CGN leaders believe about things like Critical Race Theory, or how we should relate to those who identify as LGBTQ? Is talking about…
History & Holidays

Passover and the Cup of Redemption: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Editor’s Note: To hear more from Thomas on this subject, click here for “Messiah in the Passover,” from his Theology and Apologetics Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theology-and-apologetics-podcast/id1275721027?i=1000557698279 חג…
Theology

Reformation Day: Live Session with Lance Ralston

As a finale to our celebration of 500 years since the Reformation, we are excited to have guests David Guzik and Lance Ralston speak on…
Theology
Jesus & Cultural Relativism
Theology
Personal Eschatology: What Happens When I Die?
Christian Living
The Difference Between Imitating and Mimicking and Why It’s Important
Theology
ECCLESIOLOGY 101: The Necessity of the Holy Spirit and the Importance of Prophecy
Discipleship
The Blessings of the Exile
Christian Living
The Early Tree
Culture

Support for Chabad Synagogue

Saturday, April 27, a tragic shooting occurred at Chabad Synagogue in Poway, California, —just a few miles down the road from our church, Maranatha Chapel.…
Culture

The Link: Lecrae, History of Evangelicalism, Bryan Stevenson & More

"Bryan Stevenson: How We Arrived Here"– YouTube Originals"Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative shares his thoughts on how we arrived at this moment and…
Culture

Avoiding the Trap of Conspiracy Theory Christianity

Because God loves us, we can love God and love people! Can you think of anything more profound than this vertical and horizontal love that…
Culture
The Link: 9/11, Justice Without Christ, How to Rejoice in Ministry & More
Culture
Christianity & Culture Series: Classical Music and Christianity
Culture
The Link: 2021 Missions Conference, Teaching Messianic Prophecies to Teenagers, The Thrill of Hope Advent & More
Culture
Unforeseen Blessing in Confinement
Culture
What Has Changed: The Convenient Contradiction of Modern Society
Culture
Christianity & Culture Series: Science and Christianity
Gospel

Reframing the Gospel for the Nations in Our Neighborhoods

When Jesus told Mary that He wasn't inclined to intervene to rescue the honor and reputation of a family that was about to suffer the…
Gospel

Thoughts on The Power of the Gospel

2018 CGN Pastors & Leaders Conference Archives Though I’ve been a Calvary Chapel pastor for nearly five years, this year will be my first time…
Gospel

Seven Moments That Demonstrate Global Missions Matter

When an individual Christian or the key leaders and members of a local church come to understand the bigger picture of God’s plan for humanity…
Culture
A Response To Jordan Peterson from a Protestant Christian Pastor
Articles
The Man Of War
Gospel
Reframing the Gospel for the Nations in our Neighborhoods Part 3
Gospel
Mecca Moslems vs. Medina Moslems
Gospel
Women Called by God: Helen Roseveare
Gospel
A Box with a Lid: The Shared Fate of John Chrysostom and the Gospel
Discipleship

Why I’m Called to Serve My City

I decided to run for a seat on the Oxnard City Council in the recent midterm elections, after it became clear that was what God’s…
Ministry & Leadership

Things That Matter Panel Discussion: The Pastor as a Student

How has being a pastor shaped you as being a student in God's Word? And what does that look like on a practical level? Currently,…
Ministry & Leadership

Five Ways to Build a Team If You Are Planting a Church Alone

I have the rare perspective of having planted two churches and having two very different experiences. In our first church plant, my wife and I…
Ministry & Leadership
The Success of Succession: When Church Leaders Are Pressed to Compromise
Ministry & Leadership
20 Practices That Will Help You Serve Jesus for a Long Time in One Place
Discipleship
Women Called by God: Madeleine Barot from the WWII French Resistance
Ministry & Leadership
How to Give an Altar Call Part 2
Ministry & Leadership
Church Planting in Another Country.
Ministry & Leadership
Things That Matter: The Pastor as a Contender
Discipleship

Good Friday

Jesus was bludgeoned. He was betrayed, spit on, lied about and nailed to a piece of wood we call the cross. From the physical pain,…
Discipleship

The Benefit of Christ as Our Foundation

As music students, we all remember those first exciting and difficult lessons. The overwhelming discomfort and frustration that naturally comes from having someone judge and…
Discipleship

How William Carey Expected Great Things From God

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” The…
Discipleship
7 Reasons You Don’t Want to Skip Church on Sunday
Christian Living
Partaking of God’s Word but Spiritually Starving: The Criticality of Meditation
Discipleship
Bridge Building + Creating a Disciple-Making Culture
Discipleship
Rightly Ordered Nostalgia: Celebrating the Past While Embracing the Future
Discipleship
Lessons in Leadership Part 1: Who is in Charge of Your Church?
Christian Living
A Time of Lament
Christian Living

Sir Titus Salt, Stewardship, and Christmas

Sir Titus Salt Sir Titus Salt was born in Morley (near Leeds, Bradford, and Wakefield in the U.K.) in 1803 and died in 1876. Educated…
Christian Living

A Paradigm for Christian Education

The current crisis of the evangelical church in America is being called a “massive discipleship failure caused by a massive catechesis failure.”1 The ideologies of…
Christian Living

The Privilege of Parenting

“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God” (1 John 3:1). As Christians, we…
Christian Living
The Power of Spiritually Healthy Habits
Christian Living
The Blessings That Come When We Fear the Lord
Christian Living
When God Has Another Plan
Christian Living
The Charity Winter Needs
Christian Living
Hannah, Sarah, and Hagar: A Brief Study in Character Analogy
Christian Living
Consecration, Hope & Prayer