Calvary Chapel Cardunal - Sermon Audio

Israel was warned against false prophets, and the church is warned against false teachers, but both classes come in sheep’s clothing.

The narrow gate and road referred to Jesus’ teaching, which emphasized not external requirements but internal transformation. Even the Lord Jesus acknowledged that few would find the true way, the way that leads to life.

The “Golden Rule” had been expressed in negative terms at least one hundred years before this time by Rabbi Hillel. However, by stating the rule in positive terminology, Jesus goes beyond passive restraint to active benevolence. Christianity is not...

Ask” means to pray with humility and consciousness of need. “Seek” means to pray and to be active in pursuing God’s will. “Knock” seems to point toward persistence.

If a person sets himself up as a judge, it implies that he has a broader knowledge of God’s Word and standards and a higher degree of being able to live it. The harsh, strict standards by which they criticize others will be the same standard by which...

Seek first the kingdom, and everything else will fall into place. Every one of you is proof of this, for truly God has provided. We may have spent nights worrying, and yet the Lord has been faithful even when we’ve been foolish. That’s why Jesus told...

Joshua made it clear that the people of Israel had to make a decision to serve the Lord God of Israel. There could be no neutrality.

Such trust completely believes what God says, including accepting His words of wisdom while rejecting the way of foolishness, obeying His commands, and embracing His promises. Trust also involves resting securely in God’s loving, protective care and...

Jesus explains his unwillingness to fast with a wedding analogy. Weddings were marked by music, laughter, feasting, and merrymaking. Anyone fasting at a wedding called attention to oneself and would be a grievous affront to the host. Jesus’ rejection...

Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence.

The righteousness of the Pharisees was insincere and dishonest. They practiced their religion for the applause of men, not for the reward of God. But true righteousness must come from within. We should test ourselves to see whether we are sincere and...

Christianity is not about outward conformity, but inward transformation.

The salt and light figures make it clear that Jesus intended His people to influence the world. The main point of the salt in this text is not to create thirst or serve as a preservative against the moral decay of the world, but to improve taste, to...

Here is the manifesto of the new Monarch, who ushers in a new age with a new message.

The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is the sovereign rule of God, initiated by Christ’s earthly ministry and consummated when the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ

In giving the dream and enabling Daniel to know the dream and explain it, God displayed His wisdom and power. God has the wisdom to plan the ages and the power to execute His plan. King Nebuchadnezzar ruled from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C., but Jesus Christ...

When God’s people today face a crisis, they need to follow the example of Daniel and his friends and take the matter to the Lord in prayer. Faith is living without scheming, and faith brings glory to God.

Jeremiah’s dark description of Judah also describes today’s culture. We live in an age when the very idea of absolute or objective truth is commonly rejected. When the truth is not valued, societies crumble.

Paul saw himself as a soldier warring against the proud reasonings of man, arguments which oppose the truth. The true character of these arguments is described in the expression against the knowledge of God. It could be applied today to the reasonings...

Probably no other book of Scripture more sharply contrasts the blessed lot of the saints with the fearful future of those who are lost. No other book of the Bible is more explicit in its description of judgment on the one hand and the saints’ eternal...