Calvary Church of State College, PA

What if the mission of the church is to bring people to Jesus so that He can grip us with wonder and great awe! Long before time began it was God's plan to adopt us into His family by sending Jesus to die for us. He wanted to do this. He...

Jesus is looking for people who will say to him, "If you say so, I will do it." These are the people who will follow him with all their hearts. These are the people whom He will amaze. In 2021 Jesus will ask you to do something that you...

What if it's all true and Jesus is inviting us to be a part of his resurrection story? When Jesus walked out of the tomb, death was defeated, fear was cast out and love was unleashed. Fear is never the final word if love is untombed. Love leaves...

Jesus is our Resurrection Champion. He can turn our "if-onlys" into "what-ifs." We need to stop pretending that the goal of this life is comfort and that faith makes it easier to be comfortable. What if God isn't dreaming...

Nehemiah 13 contains one of the most discouraging failures in scripture. But there is still hope! It's the story of God's people being invited to an awakening, but deciding instead to go back to normal. Let's not go back to normal...

Nehemiah 12 teaches us the power of celebration to move us forward in God's purposes.

When the heavens are open, the presence of God is unmistakable. When the presence of God is unmistakable, the blessings of God are uncontainable. But when our hearts are strangely dissatisfied, though we have off-the-charts blessings, it's God...

God pursues us, we run. That's called sin. We turn back and chase God with all our hearts. That's called repentance. Sin brings death. Repentance leads to life. Never for a moment in your life has God's love for you dipped below the...

Are we willing to push through to pursue God with all our hearts or will we settle for something less. It would be a shame to end up one degree shy of a breakthrough. Prayer must be radically God-centered. The prayer of Nehemiah 9 is the longest...

Joy is in the non-optional category of God's design for our lives. Joy comes from the presence of God. The joy of the Lord is our strength. So many people have this picture of Jesus, a solemn, good-deed doing, sermon-preaching, pious, serious...