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Mark 12:25-13.2 "TOXIC RELIGION"

Mark 12:18-34 "GOD'S WORD, POWER, & LOVE"

Mark 11:25-12:17 "COLLIDING WITH JESUS"

"RESURRECTION SIGNS"

Signs Pointing to Jesus' Resurrection!

Mark 11:1-19 "SAVING US FROM RELIGION"

Mark 10:32-52 "BLIND MAN FAITH"

Mark 10:13-31 "LETTING GO TO FOLLOW JESUS"

A challenge from Jesus to let go of whatever keeps you from freely following Him!

Mark 10:1-12 "MARRIAGE & DIVORCE"

Mark 9:30-50 "THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS"

Mark 9:1-29 "REVEALING JESUS"

Knowing and Ministering Like Jesus!

Mark 8:27-38 "THE MINDSET OF A DISCIPLE"

Mark 8:1-26 "OPENING BLIND EYES"

Mark 7-"RELIGIOUS PETTINESS"

Focusing on what really matters!

Mark 6:45-56 "STRANGE & STRANGER THINGS"

The strangely supranormal ministry of Jesus Christ!

Mark 6:14-44 "JESUS, OUR SHEPHERD"

The pastoral heart of Jesus (the Good Shepherd) in action!

Mark 6:1-13 "REJECTING REJECTION"

Jesus experienced rejection throughout His entire ministry, but the rejection He received in His  hometown of Nazareth was particularly painful.  Their familiarity with "childhood" Jesus made Him familiar, common, and offensive to them in many respects.  In short, they were offended by Jesus and filled of unbelief toward His ministry.  As a result, Jesus to do the mighty works in Nazareth. But instead of being shut down by this rejection, Jesus turned His attention to the mission field ahead...

Mark 5:21-43 "FAITH & POWER"

What we all need for an amazing new year ahead, is a refresher in the New Covenant! Jesus came to this world full of "grace and truth".  Grace comes through Jesus and is a totally free gift to us because Jesus paid for the entire Christian life upfront on the Cross.  Jesus gives us a Christian life that is by "grace alone" not by works of the Law.  And this New Way of relating to God is only accessed by "faith alone"--we don't "work" for it or "earn" it, we simply believe and accept the prom...

JESUS' BIRTH

The story and details surrounding the birth of Jesus in Matthew 1-2. Then how we can apply this to our lives at Christmas time!

Mark 5:1-20 "JESUS & DEMONS"

We are in the middle of a gigantic cosmic battle between good and evil over the lives of every human being on earth! It's a messy battle that needs to be understood so that we aren't victims! This week we are going to touch on this spiritual battle directly from Jesus' ministry in Mark 5. In this study Jesus deals with a legion of demons--the messy side of God's Kingdom invading planet earth!

Mark 4:21-41 "UNDERSTANDING GOD'S KINGDOM"

Jesus told parables to illustrate the Kingdom of God or what life is like under the rule and reign of God. But most people were happy to just hear Jesus' parables and go home afterward.  So only those who stuck around and pressed into Jesus got the secrets of the Kingdom.  Perhaps the greatest of all Kingdom "secrets" is the revelation that Jesus is the sovereign Lord of King of God's Kingdom!

Mark 4:1-20 "KEYS TO A FRUITFUL LIFE"

God designed us to bear fruit in our lives--fruit that remains and lasts the tests of time.  But what are the obstacles that stop or stunt that fruitfulness? Jesus' first parable is full of truth that clarifies where we are at spiritually, and shows us how to stay on track!

Mark 3:20-35 "FACING UNFAIR JUDGMENT"

We'll be looking at how Jesus faced the unfair judgments of others in His life and how that applies to our lives.

Mark 3:1-19 "HOW JESUS SOLVED LIFE'S PROBLEMS"

Jesus was hounded by leaders who tried to trick Him to sin, political  leaders who plotted His death, mobs of people that could have crushed Him to death, and bizarre demonic activity that brought confusion to people about His true identity. In all of these things, Jesus had wise solutions to the greatest of life's problems! 

Mark 2:18-28 "SMASHING RELIGION"

Jesus' battle with the religious leaders of His day gave ample opportunity to demonstrate the profound differences between Himself and the unhealthy religion of the day. This passage of Scripture is a real challenge to the look and feel of the church that Jesus is building in the world today.

Mark 2:1-17 "COLLIDING WITH RELIGION"

There are major differences between religion and the life-giving Christianity that Jesus brings! This week we will see Jesus expose the deceitfulness of religion that can only offer people "words" without the raw, supernatural power to change lives!

Mark 1:29-45 "HOW JESUS MINISTERED"

This teaching looks at how Jesus approached His ministry!

Mark 1:16-28 "MAKING JESUS FAMOUS"

A closer look at what we need to know about following Jesus, followed by some of the things that made Jesus so famous!

Mark 1:1-15 "PREPARING THE WAY"

Mark's Gospel reveals Jesus as both the Son of God and the Servant prophesied in Scripture--the Servant-Son who came to powerfully advance God's Kingdom on earth.  Throughout Mark we see Jesus as a man of action and authority and he calls us to be the same! Today's message shows how John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus' ministry and gives us many good examples to imitate!  Welcome to this face-paced adventure of seeing how Jesus works and following His example!

1 Corinthians 16 "MARANATHA!"

The ancient Aramaic phrase, "Maranatha" was one of the earliest words that identified Christians to each other in early Christianity.  The phrase means: "The Lord has come" in the sense that Jesus came to earth, died, and returned resurrected.  It also is something we pray for right now in the present: "Lord, come!"  We are hungry for the Lord to return and set all things right on our messed up planet.  But it also means: "The Lord is coming!" It is our heart's desire that Jesus will indeed ...

1 Corinthians 15:35-58 "MAKING SENSE OF THE RESURRECTION"

The Resurrection is central to the practice of our faith in that it gives us what we need to live a powerful hope-filled, and productive Christian life right here and now. This teaching gives clarity and fresh understanding of the nature and mechanics of the Resurrection.

1 Corinthians 15:12-34 "WHY THE RESURRECTION MATTERS"

Resurrection is central to our Christian faith: the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, followed by our own future resurrections!  Paul addresses some anti-resurrection teaching that was present in the church of Corinth, and he shows us why our faith in the resurrection is essential to a Biblical faith in today's world.

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 "THE ESSENTIAL GOSPEL"

There are certain truths that we simply must hold onto for dear life! Paul proclaimed those truths and insisted that we must receive them and continue on in those truth in order to be authentic followers of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately some of the Corinthian Christians had a different stand on things--one that was a significant error that Paul simply had to correct!

1 Corinthians 14:20-40 "DOING SPIRITUAL GIFTS WELL"

The Corinthian church had an abundance of spiritual gifts; however their approach to the gifts was selfish and immature.  In this teaching, Paul turns the church from a focus on self to a focus on doing things edify the entire church.  Paul puts some practical protocols into place to turn a church meeting into a body-building event. This is very practical teaching that helps bring Biblical practice into a supernatural church.  

1 Corinthians 14:1-19 "PROPHECY & TONGUES"

This is a close look at  Paul's crystal-clear teaching on the subject of prophecy/giving prophetic words, as well as his thorough explanation of the subject of speaking in tongues. This teaching takes the craziness out of using spiritual gifts, liberates people, and creates healthy zeal for spiritual gifts in the church.

1 Corinthians 13 "THE WAY OF LOVE"

This is Paul's teaching on love, sandwiched between two chapters on the gifts of the Spirit! The message is clear and powerful: the gifts of the Spirit are to be done/exercised in line with the fruit of the Spirit, and the greatest fruit of the Spirit is love. God''s love defines how we do the things of the Holy Spirit in the church. This is a life-changing passage of Scripture, often taken out of the context that Paul gave it in!

1 Corinthians 12:12-31 "HOW JESUS' CHURCH WORKS"

The Baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:13 is about being immersed or plunged into Christ's body, the church. This immersion rescues us from our pre-Christ lifestyle of alienation, isolation, and independence. Understanding that Christ designed the church to look and work like a body simply changes everything for us. Nothing but true freedom follows!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 "SPIRITUAL THINGS"

The Christian life is a Jesus-focused, supernatural life in the Holy Spirit.  He gives gifts, ministries, and power so that the Body (the church) can express the fullness of Christ in our world.  This message brings Paul's core teaching on "Spiritual Things" into practical and healthy focus.

1 Corinthians 11:17-34 "SHARING THE LORD'S SUPPER"

One of the dangers of Bible Study is that it is very easy to use a passage of Scripture out of context.  We frequently take bits and pieces of Paul's teaching on the Lord's Supper completely out of context.  The result is that we can make it easy to get "religious" about what we're doing.  This study brings Paul's brilliant teaching on the Lord's Supper into the larger context of his letter to the Corinthian church and the result is liberating on so many levels!

1 Corinthians 11:1-16 "PLEASE DON'T GO THERE!"

If I could be honest with you, there are some passages of Scripture I would rather "not" have to teach because of how sensitive they are!  But at Calvary Chapel we just simply teach the Word and take the next passage of Scripture that comes and deal with it honestly!  This is a rather difficult passage in that it deals with the spiritual idea of headship, being under spiritual authority, head coverings, and other touchy stuff!  I hope you enjoy listening, and most of all that you come away w...

1 Corinthians 10:44-30 "LIVING A LESS OFFENSIVE LIFE"

Jesus simply sets people free--He is in the freedom business. But what do you do with the freedom that you've been given? What does it look like to use it wisely so that people are not turned off to Christ! This study from Paul's book of 1 Corinthians looks closely at using your radical freedom in Christ wisely!

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 "BEING TEMPTED TO SIN"

Shortly after God powerfully delivered His people from a life of bondage in Egypt, Israel quickly fell deeply into sin. Paul says that these things were written so that we might learn from their example and avoid the pitfalls that tripped them up. This is a powerful teaching that ends with practical truth on how we can resist the temptation to sin in our lives. A word of hope and help tomorrow. 

1 Corinthians 9-"PARTNERING WITH PAUL"

Even though Paul was a genuine Apostle, some saw him as an inferior version of the "real" Apostles  in Jerusalem.  While he should have been celebrated and supported as an Apostle, they shamelessly undervalued him and left him to fend for himself financially.  Paul speaks to this issue of being partners in ministry, and the even greater issue of doing nothing that hinders the Gospel.   

1 Corinthians 8-"LOVE & KNOWLEDGE"

The knowledge of the truth of God's Word must always work in conjunction with the love of God, otherwise we risk misrepresenting God and causing damage to the precisous people Christ died for!  

1 Corinthians 7:17-40 "IN LIGHT OF THE TIMES"

1 Corinthians 7:1-16 "MARRIAGE IN AN IMMORAL CULTURE"

The world is hard at work to redefine marriage, sexuality, and morality from a perspective that is is simply hostile to Jesus Christ and the clear teachings of the Bible.  We are in a spiritual and cultural battle that seeks to replace every Christian, Biblical worldview with a false belief system. God tells us to not be conformed to the thinking of this world, but to be transformed by the renewal of our minds.  To be transformed, we must reject the world's perspectives of life and only embr...

1 Corinthians 6-"WHEN EVIL BECOMES THE NEW GOOD"

It's tough living in a world that has little or no capacity to define good and evil. Much of what we see in society is a redefining of what was formerly understood to be evil as now suddenly the "new" good! Thankfully God isn't confused about what confuses so many people. His truth (the Bible) and knowing His True One, Jesus, shines a billion watt flashlight on the darkness in our world.

1 Corinthians 5-"NEVER TOLERATE EVIL"

Matthew 21:1-17 "THE END OF RELIGION"

How Jesus Shut Down Religion On Palm Sunday!

1 Corinthians 4:1-21 "FOLLOWING WELL"

1 Corinthians 3:9-23 "GOD'S ADDRESS"