by Shawn Thornton on August 30, 2009
This morning during my interview with Gavin MacLeod about his name being linked to the name of Jesus, I talked about his new movie – The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry. (Video interview from today’s service will be posted here later.) The movie will be released to theaters on September 18th and will start at the [...]
by Shawn Thornton on August 23, 2009
Today at Calvary we looked into the story of Solomon dedicating the Temple to God. Throughout the Old Testament God used the laws, rituals, priesthood, and sacrifices to demonstrate to human beings that no matter how much we try, we could not live up to a God-established standard. Because we are tainted by sin, we [...]
by Shawn Thornton on August 19, 2009
Recently, I received the following email as one of the members of the Calvary family summarized her own thoughts after reading The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns. Talk about getting practical in evaluating personal priorities! Greetings Pastor Shawn, I am reading the book The Hole In Our Gospel – Wow……. I am a [...]
by Shawn Thornton on August 7, 2009
Yesterday morning I lost my iPhone. I know I had it in the car on the way to the church, but as soon as I sat down I knew it was missing. Several people helped me look for it to no avail. We looked everywhere and made all of our staff aware it was missing. [...]
by Shawn Thornton on August 2, 2009
This weekend, we looked into the story of King Solomon building the Temple in Jerusalem (for video, outline, etc. Click Here) He followed God’s plan as given to him by his father David. He invested great riches, national labor, diplomatic connections, and his own reputation in the construction project. He spent 7 years building something [...]
by Shawn Thornton on August 1, 2009
Sunday we will hear the story of how King Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem to connect people to God. What an incredible example of God’s provision through His children! What a glorious story of God at work! Our focus today is not about places of worship pointing to God, but about lives changed through [...]