Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

A teacher once said to his student, “I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!” I think that’s exactly what the author of Hebrews was saying to some of his readers when he called them “dull of hearing.” They were hearing his words but they just weren’t getting it. He might very well have said to them, “What we have here is […]

Everybody loves a good story. Today we will be looking at “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and its main character, Jesus Christ, who is also its Author. The author of Hebrews wants us to delve deep into the plot line of this great story so that we can become better acquainted with the story’s Hero, who against all the forces of evil gave His life for us so that He could become the Author of salvation and the Author of […]

Karl Barth had this to say about “the old, old story” of Easter: “The Easter story tells us that our enemies, sin, the curse, and death, are beaten. Ultimately, they can no longer start mischief. But they still behave as though the game was not decided, the battle not fought. We must still reckon with them, but fundamentally we must cease to fear them anymore.” (Barth, Dogmatics in Outline) The author of Hebrews is teaching us something similar, to live […]

The title of today’s message is “Quit Work Now!” It almost sounds like an admonition from cultists like Jim Jones who invited people to quit work and join up with him in some far removed place to drink strange kool-aid. But the admonition to quit work has nothing to do with our physical labors and everything to do with our spiritual works. The author of Hebrews will say to us in 4:10 that “he who has entered His rest has […]

Jocco Grant once stated that the typical attention span of the average church goer is “ten praises, six promises, or one preachy statement.” People have a hard time listening to God for two reasons: 1) They don’t like what He has to say or 2) they don’t care enough to listen. In today’s text in Hebrews, the author is going to give us one of the most critical precepts to salvation in the Bible, and he is going to warn […]

There was a certain teacher who was encouraging one of his students to not be a quitter. He said. “Look at Georg e Washington, he never quit. Look at Thomas Edison, he never quit. Look at the Wright brothers, they never quit.” Then he said, “Look at Elmo Jones.” The student then asked, “Who is Elmo Jones?” The teacher responded, “See!! He quit!” Christianity is certainly not for quitters, but yet all of us have known people along the way […]

There is an old Syrian proverb which says, “Birth is the messenger of death.” In other words, we are born to die; no sooner do we come into the world then we face the possibility and inevitability of death. We live in a dying world. Death is all around us. No wonder the greatest fear for most of us is the fear of dying. In today’s text, we will be reminded of the good news that Jesus Christ has conquered […]

Queen Victoria (1837-1901) was one of the greatest monarchs in English history. When she was a young girl, she was shielded from the truth that she was one of the possible heirs to the throne of England. When the day came for her tutor to tell her of her probable future destiny, her reply was, “Then I will be good!” In today’s text in Hebrews, We will be reminded of just who we are in Jesus Christ. We were created […]

I read a story years back about two young boys who were fishing near some steep falls on a river in California. There were several highly visible warning signs posted on the river, but they were so focused on their fishing that they begin to drift towards the falls. Soon the currents became too strong for them to control their boat and the river carried them over the falls to their death below. The Bible is full of warning signs […]

Angels in Scripture usually are mentioned as having a close connection with heaven. When the Angel of the Lord called Hagar, he called out to her from heaven. When Jacob had his dream in Bethel, he saw a ladder coming down from heaven and angels ascending and descending on it. When the angels finished singing to the shepherds at the birth of Christ, we are told that they went back to heaven. Whenever Jesus spoke of the angels he spoke […]