Baptism can be a touchy subject. For centuries, Christians have debated what baptism really amounts to (salvation, conversion, professing faith, joining the church, or receiving the Holy Spirit), when someone should be baptized (in infancy, immediately after professing faith in Christ, or after reaching a certain level of spiritual maturity),
Continue readingBuying a Bible can be confusing. Bookstores offer several different translations in countless formats. Why are there so many options? How do you make a choice? Here are a few thoughts to help. One reason for the variety is that the Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic
Continue readingPlan to join us as we begin a new eight-week Growth Group session in our Sunday morning adult class on Sunday February 2. We meet for prayer at 9 a.m. and then divide up into men’s and women’s groups for a time of interactive Bible study. We will go through
Continue readingWhat can turn a struggling church around? What can help a church which has sold out to the culture; which is riven by division; which is dominated by me-first materialism; and which is uncertain about the gospel itself? “Be on your guard”, wrote one church planter to just such a
Continue readingAnd he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 ESV I am always thinking ahead—anticipating, planning, speculating. But these annual reports are good, because they force me to look back over the past
Continue readingThe gospel is good news. It is the message of forgiveness and eternal salvation that Jesus purchased by his death. Spiritual life begins when we believe it, but we do not then leave it behind. Jesus wants it to become the burning passion of our hearts. In Luke 14-19, Jesus
Continue readingOn Sunday, April 14, 2019, Dr. Christopher Yuan, and his parents, Dr. Leon and Angela, joined us at Calvary Bible Church East. We invited them to teach and share their story because of their commitment to “speaking the truth in love,” about the issue of homosexuality. I first heard of
Continue readingThe tan brick walls in our sanctuary can seem pretty drab, so in 2016 Mari-Clare Wolz began to help us create a yearly art display to coincide with the themes covered in our weekly exposition of Scripture. Since Tommy and Audie King joined Calvary East in 2017, they have also
Continue readingWe call our youth ministry “Neon Youth,” because we believe in being “charged” by the personal growth and salvation that only a relationship with Jesus can provide. We also believe in “glowing” and representing Him in our words and actions, so I’m excited to announce that this summer, some of
Continue readingWe often think of Jesus as a lamb, and rightly so. Isaiah 53:7 foretold his death by saying, “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
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