Calvary Church

Over the next several months we are going to teach through the two letters that Paul wrote to the church in the city of Corinth. We will go through these letters like you would read a letter from a loved one or friend, straight through paragraph by paragraph. We will not only learn the story of these Christians, but, even more, what their story has to speak to …(Read More)

Check-ups are important for our health. January is “Mission Check-up” time at Calvary Church.  Check-ups are done for a very positive reason: to make sure that good health continues. Calvary is a healthy congregation. For this I am so thankful. These past weeks of participation in Advent Conspiracy have shown great health. Over 160 on a very wintery day showed up at Feed My Starving Children to package …(Read More)

Simplicity is our sermon focus during November. Simplicity became a major concern for Moses. Few people have lived a more complex life than Moses as he led 3,000,000 people through the Sinai wilderness. Strangely, it was the very complexity pressing in on him that led him to seek simplicity, and pray like this: “Seventy years are given to us! Some may even reach eighty. But even the best …(Read More)

I am excited about the new sermon series for October. As I prepare, I am learning a lot about the history of our area, especially as it relates to the historic limestone quarry Lemont is so famous for. The quarry has a great tie-in to the sermons I will be bringing. Rock from the quarry has been used to build many well-known structures such as the Chicago Water …(Read More)

Wow! What a fast summer. Kids are going back to school. The leaves will soon be changing, and (not trying to depress anyone) the snow will come soon. God has blessed us this summer. Last week at the Baptism & BBQ over 160 of us witnessed nine people share their testimony of faith in Christ by water baptism. It doesn’t get more exciting than that in the kingdom …(Read More)

I am excited about the two week sermon series (7/29 & 8/5) called “Rehab: The Power of God’s Word for Change”. In a rehab, the new owner sees potential and buys an old broken-down house, then goes from room to room tearing out all of the old décor and furniture, and replacing it with brand new. This is what Jesus Christ does. He sees the potential in every …(Read More)

Faith is often understood as believing without evidence what you really want to be true. Skeptics consider that there is no difference between believing that there is a herd of pink elephants living somewhere on Earth and religious faith. Faith of any label is nothing more than blind, mindless faith, a grasping of hope out of thin air, a blind leap into the dark. Ask: “What evidence do …(Read More)

As I have been preparing for the sermon series we are doing during May called “Family of Faith”, I have been struck again with the fact that of all the responsibilities we are given on earth, there is none as important as raising children. I say this now as a Grandparent looking back at the years of parenting our three kids. Parenting each of our kids was such …(Read More)