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Last Sunday, Calvary had Lloyd Vandenburg of New Generations Ministry as a guest speaker. He spoke about breaking free from sin and addiction. You can listen here.

At the close of his sermon, he asked the congregation to do something a little bit out of the normal persons comfort zone. First he asked for those that [...]

I would like to begin a series of posts/discussions on the “spiritual disciplines” for the purpose of learning together how we as Christians do as 1 Peter 3:18 says “grow in grace”.
Over the next months I’d like to discuss the various practices and exercises that we can “do” that help us in the process of [...]

I still hope to host a group retreat sometime this fall, but in the meantime here are some simple tips on how you can have your private spiritual retreat.

Find a place where you can be alone and uninterrupted.  You may be able to do so at home, but you may find that you need to [...]

“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” - Luke 16:13
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance [...]

Our friends over at Metamorpha.com have posted a great little prayer exercise that I recommend.  You can click here for the “hidden heart” prayer exercise.
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“Anybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have [...]

This is the first post in a series on Spiritual Disciplines. I recommend reading / listening to the post Stop Trying Start Training: Sermon Notes first.
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” - C.S. Lewis
“the joy of the Lord is your strength.” - Nehemiah 8:10
“Celebration is central to all the spiritual disciplines.” [...]

From 7-29-07 PM Service @ CAG
Listen:

Watch the intro video:
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Intro
It’s obvious that in trying to lift that heavy rock that I was lacking something. The right form, energizing music, and all the confidence I could muster up just wasn’t enough. What I lacked was the hours of dedicated training. Working my [...]

I often recommend this book to people interested in learning how to grow spiritually, so I thought a little review might be of some use.
The Life You’ve Always Wanted by John Ortberg is an easy to read yet extremely insightful book on the Christian life.  The author himself describes it as Dallas for Dummies (referencing [...]