From the monthly archives:

September 2009

My Quest & The Story of God

by Shawn Thornton on September 28, 2009

I am posting this video as a follow-up to yesterday’s message on the Old Testament and a preview of this Sunday’s message on the New Testament. To further clarify the importance of both the Old and New Testaments in our quest for God, take the time to watch it. Many of you saw it in [...]

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by Shawn Thornton on September 28, 2009

I am posting this video as a follow-up to yesterday’s message on the Old Testament and a preview of this Sunday’s message on the New Testament. To further clarify the importance of both the Old and New Testaments in our quest for God, take the time to watch it. Many of you saw it in [...]

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Great One-Year Surprise!

by Shawn Thornton on September 22, 2009

This past Sunday a member of the Leadership Team at Calvary, Marge Anderson, shared announcements just before I preached. As she finished up she then told the church family that this was the one year anniversary of my ministry in Westlake Village. She was so gracious to express the body’s appreciation for our family’s willingness [...]

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Did You Know? 4.0

by Shawn Thornton on September 21, 2009

You may have seen the earlier versions of this, but this is well worth watching. Startling stats!

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Mt. of Olives, Gethsemane, Mayor – Day 5

by Shawn Thornton on September 14, 2009

As we started out today, it was sprinkling rain – something very rare for Jerusalem this time of year and for Lesli and me to see now that we live in SoCal. We went to the Mount of Olives and looked down on Jerusalem. I shared a devotional there about the Mount of Olives. Lesli [...]

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Qumran, Dead Sea, & Masada – Day 4

by Shawn Thornton on September 13, 2009

Our first stop was Beth Shan. An ancient city used by many people groups. It was one of the key district cities under Solomon. Herod the Great built an incredible fortress here. The ruins are simply amazing and work is still being done to reconstruct this site. We then drove through the Jordan Valley toward [...]

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Some Video Clips from Day 3

by Shawn Thornton on September 11, 2009

Check out these three brief video clips from our third day in Israel. Flag Raising Singing Together in a Chapel Music on Boat

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Check Out Day 3 of our Israel Trip

by Shawn Thornton on September 11, 2009

Plenty of pictures of today’s great day. CLICK HERE

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Mt. Carmel, Nazareth, Etc. – Day 2

by Shawn Thornton on September 10, 2009

Today we went to Caesarea (Maritime) where Peter went to Cornelius, Paul defended himself before Festus in the theater, and Paul set sail for his Roman trial. The Hippodrome and Palace established at this incredible port city by Herod the great were amazing works of art and architecture. We could have spent a whole day [...]

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Tel Aviv & Old Jaffa – Day (night) 1

by Shawn Thornton on September 9, 2009

Sept 9, 2009 – 11:50 PM We arrived at the Tel Aviv Airport around 5:30 PM local time. Our group of pastors was greeted by two representatives of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. The were holding a sign that simply said “Mega Church USA.” Our U.S. Host, Mark Dreistadt (red shirt) introduced us to our [...]

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