More Than Bread Dan Nold (Pastor of Calvary Church)

Send us a Text Message.In Acts 12, after all the difficulty, all the persecution, and all the battle that was thrown at the early church, in the end the WORD of God flourished and continued to spread. Why? Well at least in part because of prayer. That was our focus in the last episode. We said you could chart the growth of the early church by their prayer meetings. In this episode we’re going to keep talking about prayer meetings, but perhaps with a bit more focus on the meeting part. See som...

Send us a Text Message.You can chart the growth of the early church by it's prayer meetings. Something bad would happen, but they they prayed. It looked like they were down and out, but then their prayers went up and in. I bet 80% of us say we believe in prayer. We believe it's important, so why don't we pray? Of course, almost everyone sends up a brief prayer from time to time, but I'm not talking about the occasional, "if you have a moment can you help me God" prayers. I'm talking abou...

Send us a Text Message.Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave their lives defending our freedom. So how do we honor their sacrifice? I wonder if the best way to honor their sacrifice is found in Matthew 5 and Isaiah 58 both of which contain a call to shine.You are the light of the world, so shine! You are the light of the world, so shine. Bring light to the darkness, shine! You may feel like you're only one little candle, but when you shine, you can light another candle, so sh...

Send us a Text Message.Acts 12:1-5 is a good reminder that when we become part of the mission of Jesus, we enter into a spiritual battle. Don't be discouraged when we face defeat and darkness in our spiritual lives...it's a battle. When relationships tank...don't be caught off guard, it's the enemy's strategy to divide and conquer. The gospel is a real-life, epic story and every epic story has a villan in the battle between good and evil. When we are invited into the Kingdom we are invi...

Send us a Text Message.There is a surprising amount of research on this. Gender has no impact on happiness. Weather has no impact on happiness. You have just as much potential for happiness under the cloudy skies of State College as you do in the sun of San Diego! Research suggests that happiness has its source in things like, volunteering, giving blood, serving others, helping your neighbors, and being generous with your finances. Jesus once said that where our treasures are...

Send us a Text Message.You can use a hand for many things; fight, discipline, shake hands, or hug. You can hold someone up. You can bless them. But nothing will empower us and change us and help us turn the world upside down like having the gracious hand of God upon us. The gracious hand of God is nitro fuel for our tank. It's the hand that takes the wheel when we can't see the way and pulls us out of the ditch when we've gone the wrong way. The phrase can be found in many places in scripture...