I want to clear up some mystery about the reason for the church. Let me answer the question of why Jesus created his church in the first place, and what he wants his church to accomplish. It can be summarized in two words – make disciples! Jesus had a pretty large following. There were a […]
Heartbeat Series - Winter 2014
Heartbeat series takes a detailed look at the purpose statement of Calvary Baptist Church. We exist to carry out the Great Commission through healing hurst and meeting needs. Follow along this eight week series and learn the Heartbeat of Calvary.
Heartbeat: Meeting Needs
Sermon Notes Today we are wrapping up an eight-week sermon series on the Calvary mission statement. We’ve been talking the last few weeks about a survey that was released that listed Columbus, Georgia as number seven of the top ten most miserable cities to live in. There are a number of reasons why researchers said […]
Heartbeat: Healing Hurts
Sermon We are looking at the Heartbeat of Calvary Baptist Church. It is the statement that is on the wall in the Welcome Center. It is the last thing you see as you walk out so that you remember who we are as a church. We spent six weeks looking at the first part of […]
Heartbeat: As You Are Going
Sermon Notes Two things happened to me last week to cause me to change my mind about what I was going to preach to you today. The first thing that happened was a Gallup poll was released. Gallup does surveys all over the country. There is a branch of the Gallup called Healthways that looks […]
Heartbeat: I Am With You Always
Sermon Notes We are a mile deep and an inch wide into the Great Commission found in Matthew 28. Today we are going to look at the last phrase of the last sentence of the last verse in Matthew. We are going to talk about God’s heartbeat and our heartbeat. You are going to think […]
Heartbeat: Teaching Them to Obey…
Sermon Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have […]
Heartbeat: Baptizing Them…
Sermon We are in the middle of our Heartbeat Series, which is examining the statement that you see in the Welcome Center. This is what we say Calvary is all about. Quick review for those of you who were here last week, we started looking at the Great Commission and I said you could boil […]
Heartbeat: The Definition of Discipleship
Sermon Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… Today we are going to start looking at what makes this church unique. We will spend the next seven weeks looking at the motto that […]
Personal Faith Does Not Mean Private Faith
Have you ever had someone tell you that faith is a personal matter? Of course your faith is a personal matter. If you think about it, no one can make you believe something. You choose to believe what you hold to be true. Since, no one can make you believe it- everyone’s faith is a […]
What Unites Jesus’ Church
There are a lot of things that make churches unique. Jesus’ church is supposed to function like a body. All bodies are different. This is also true of Jesus’ church. Jesus’ churches vary in size. Some are small, intimate churches- others are large and can be overwhelming. Jesus’ churches very by location also. Some are […]