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December 12, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 19:11-21Blowout The account of the sixth bowl of judgment in 16:12-16 sets the stage for the great battle of Armageddon, and this week’s passage tells us what will happen on that Day. The kings of the earth and the two beasts in the service of the dragon, Satan, are arrayed...

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December 5, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 19:1-10Hallelujah!Hallelujah is a mash-up of two Hebrew words that together mean Praise the God of Israel. Pastor Dave began by noting that it is often hard for us to praise God, to worship Him, because we are self-absorbed, like a child who can’t celebrate a sibling’s...

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November 28, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 18:20-24Babylon is no more … Rejoice! The instruction to the redeemed in this week’s passage is to rejoice over the judgment of the great city, Babylon, which is figurative language for idolatry. In contrast, the response of unredeemed earth-dwellers in verses 9-19...

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November 14, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 18:1-8Babylon is going down; come out! Way back in Revelation 6:10, the souls of martyrs ask, “O Sovereign Lord, how long before you judge?” We echo the question and want to right wrongs now, by human means. In this week’s passage, the long-awaited judgment on...

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October 31, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Matthew 25:31-46Revelation (vv34-34) + Fostering Hope (vv35-40) + Salvation (vv41-46) With many guests present for Fostering Hope Sunday, Pastor Dave took pains to explain salvation. He preached from the “sheep and goats” passage in Matthew 25, which can cause confusion about...

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October 24, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 16:17-21 Pastor Dave’s sermon had two parts – a discussion of the seventh bowl of God’s wrath and also a meditation on why God has not yet poured out that final wrath. Dave introduced his second theme by observing that we sometimes impatiently ask, “Why...

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October 17, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 16:12-16Sixth Bowl – Assembled for Battle The pouring out of the sixth bowl of God’s wrath assembles the kings of the earth for the battle of Armageddon against Israel. Just as there have been many little-a antichrists down through the ages that foreshadow the end-times...

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October 10, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 16:1-11The First Five Bowls of Wrath This week’s passage is full of gruesome details: harmful and painful sores, water – salt and fresh – turned to blood, fierce and scorching heat from the sun, darkness, people gnawing their tongues in anguish. God’s wrath...

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October 3, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Revelation 15:1-8Wrath and WorshipPastor Dave began his sermon by observing that the unbelieving world calls God’s wrath harsh and unfair. Some unbelievers go further and accuse Him, and us as His people, of being sadistic. I just reread A Tale of Two Cities, a story set during the French...

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May 23, 2023 Prayer Blog

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Special Edition: The Men of TLC If you are new at Calvary (and maybe even if you’re not), you may not know about Calvary’s ministry to men seeking freedom from addiction. This residential program – Transitional Living into Community, or TLC – has been part of Calvary for...

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