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Announcing the 2024 CGN International Conference! Hope, Suffering, and Glory: Studies in 1 Peter

Join us for the 2024 CGN International Conference from June 23-26, 2024, at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. This year's theme, “Hope, Suffering, and Glory: Studies…

Calvary Global NetworkApril 2, 2024

Discipleship

What Happened in 2020 Has Served to Advance the Gospel

2020 was a year filled with difficulty, frustration, tension, and sorrow, to the point where people could not wait for it to be over. As…

Nick CadyJanuary 16, 2021

Christian Living Ministry & Leadership

How to Rejoice Always in Ministry

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice" (Philippians 4:4). What kind of wild man tells a group of people to rejoice at…

Nate HoldridgeSeptember 9, 2020

Christian Living Ministry & Leadership

Layoffs, Furloughs, and the Walk of Faith

I had to make a phone call last week that I didn’t want to make. A call that many have had to make over the…

Josh SorensenMay 1, 2020

Culture

Unforeseen Blessing in Confinement

As a free-spirited extrovert, I fill my cup by being around people. The thought of being locked in my house by governmental mandate goes against…

Becky DenteMarch 25, 2020

Culture

Hope in Troubling Times: Peace within the Global Pandemic

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear" (Psalm 46:1–2a). As most of us would agree,…

Brian BrodersenMarch 24, 2020

Christian Living

For Everything There is a Season

The Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes that life is made up of seasons: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter…

Jody PonceSeptember 18, 2018

History & Holidays

Isobel Kuhn: Memories of a Lisu Church Family in China

"'Pebbles in a brook polish one another'"—thank God for the pebbles of His Lisu Church." So wrote Isobel Kuhn, who with her husband John spent…

Debbie AlnuttAugust 8, 2018

Christian Living

Don’t Stop Crying Out to God

The story of the blind beggar, found in Luke 18 is one that has recently had a powerful impact on my attitude toward prayer. The…

Jody PonceJune 6, 2018

Christian Living

Making Sense of the Unfathomable

"When I remember God, then I am disturbed; when I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah. You have held my eyelids open; I am…

Rob DingmanMay 24, 2018

Christian Living

Why I am Thankful for My Experience with Panic Attacks Part 2

My last article traced an introduction to my experience with panic attacks and this second part closes with further reflections on why I am (unexpectedly)…