November 15, 2015 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes This is the final Sunday of a sermon series we called Chasing Lions. It’s an examination of what, if you are on the outside looking in, appears to be insane faith. I’m going to ask us as a church the same question that I started this sermon […]
Waiting is the Hardest Part
Albert Einstein was a brilliant scientist. His theory of relativity is still considered a scientific masterpiece. In 1929 he was asked to explain how time could be relative. He famously answered, “An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems […]
Chasing Lions: John the Baptist
Pastor Jeff Struecker November 8, 2015 Sermon Notes We’re in the middle of a sermon series looking at examples of insane faith in the Bible. We’re challenging ourselves about the way that we’re living the kind of faith that we have. Today we are talking about John the Baptist. This sermon is subtitled speak truth […]
Speak Truth to Power
Although I am a middle-aged man, I look up to a teenage girl. Her name is Malala Yousafzai. Here’s part of the story about the youngest person to ever win a Noble Peace Prize and what we can all learn from her. Eighteen year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is no ordinary high school student. In […]
Chasing Lions: Jonathan
Pastor Jeff Struecker November 1, 2015 Sermon Notes Nabeel Qureshi and his family migrated to the US from Pakistan. Since they came from Pakistan they brought the Pakistani culture, customs, and faith with them. Nabeel grew up in a very devout Muslim family. It was not just any Muslim family though. His family had been for […]
A Halloween Secret
Two of my heroes in the faith share the same name: Martin Luther King Jr. and Martin Luther. Both of these men have a great deal in common. It’s not only that they share the same name, they also share a courageous faith. Both of these men challenged the culture of their day. In fact, […]
Chasing Lions: Noah
Pastor Alan Smith October 25, 2015 Sermon Notes We’re in the middle of the sermon series Chasing Lions. It’s about the insanity of faith. The first sermon that we talked about was Benaiah. Benaiah had a faith that made him willing to take on challenges. This guy had no fear. He chased the lion into a […]
Chasing Lions: Deborah
October 18, 2015 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes This past Wednesday a news article broke across the country because Jennifer Lawrence, the famous actress, wrote an essay. Jennifer Lawrence is the star from The Hunger Games movies. She’s been in tons of blockbuster movies and her personal worth is estimated at $60 million. Lawrence said […]
Chasing Lions: Benaiah
October 11, 2015 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Today we start a new sermon series. We’re looking at the insanity of faith. This sermon comes from one phrase in one verse of one story in the Bible. I think I’ve read this probably 15 times personally before I discovered a book about a year ago […]
Chasing Lions Series [Preview]
Beginning Sunday, October 11, Calvary begins a new sermon series. This will be a six week series that examines the insanity of faith. We will look at everyday, ordinary men and women in Scripture who, by faith, live insane lives of faith. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of […]