The phrase “shot yourself in the foot” has been in circulation in military circles for 100 years. No one knows exactly where this idiom originated. Many believe that it comes from World War I. Many soldiers spent weeks in trenches waiting for orders to assault the enemy on the other side of the battlefield. This […]
Weird: Joy
February 25, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes We’re wrapping up a sermon series called Weird. Today is the last in a six-week sermon series, and we use the word weird to define what it looks like to live for Jesus. The word weird means that to the rest of the culture that doesn’t share […]
Weird: Relationships
February 18, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes I want to start with a true story. I could give you 50 examples of this, but here’s 1 true story. A guy I worked with in the Army. He was a believer, and he met this gorgeous woman. She had everything going for her. -She was […]
Developing Gospel Friendships
I believe every Christian should have a couple of friendships with people who are not believers in Jesus Christ. These friendships are what I call gospel friendships. There are two dangers that every sincere follower of Jesus needs to be constantly aware of when it comes to their relationships. The first danger is getting way […]
Weird: Body
February 4, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Parents, if you haven’t read C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books to your children, you should probably get the series, these eight books that C.S. Lewis (this famous Oxford atheist who became a follower of Jesus later in life) wrote. When he wrote the Narnia books, he wrote them […]
Let’s talk about body language
Let’s face it; we live in a society obsessed with our bodies. If you add up the spending in the fitness industry, nutritional supplements industry, and the healthcare industry, it’s a staggering amount of money in the United States. According to the CDC in 2015, almost 20% of the entire Gross Domestic Product in the […]
Weird: Purity
January 28, 2018 Dr. Ricky Smith Sermon Notes We’ve been in a study called Weird, and I am here to say (personal confession), I’m weird. Now, I realize that each one of us could share some idiosyncrasies of how each of us is strange. I’m weird, because I carry around in my pocket all the […]
I’m going to need a second coat of paint
When I was about 12 years old, I got a job working for my neighbor who owned some rental properties. I didn’t realize it at that age, but I’m pretty sure this man broke all child labor laws with me. I worked weekends, during the school year, and all summer long for well below minimum […]
Weird: Time
January 21, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Last week, we started a sermon series called Weird, and we’re taking weird to the personal level. I have developed an ongoing relationship with a guy in our community who is an avowed atheist, and he’s been coming to church at Calvary for the last several weeks. […]
Weird: Money
January 14, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes How many of you would say, “Hey, I know somebody who has maxed out their credit cards”? How many of you would say, “I know somebody who’s under a mountain of debt, stressed out about bills, worried about their taxes…” There are a lot of us who […]