Archive for April, 2011

Happy Birthday to the King James Bible.  400 years have passed since its publication in England. For many of us, the King James Bible was the source for our fist exposure to the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Our earliest Scripture memory had us quoting words like, “Thee” and “Thou,” and verbs that ended in “eth.”  […]


It took a while, but the people finally got it right.  When the Lord rode in to Jerusalem on the donkey, they shouted together, “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’  The King of Israel!” (John 12:13). You can be certain that they did not fully understand what they were saying, but […]


At the bottom of this page is a suggested memory verse for April.  Few Christian teens and fewer adult Christians have the Christian discipline of memorizing verses or sections of the Bible.  Sadly, some look at children’s programs with emphasis on Bible memory and conclude that memorizing the Bible is only for kids.  Others suggest […]


As part of this morning’s worship service, we will witness public declarations of faith in Jesus Christ in Believer’s Baptism.  We do not baptize babies at First Calvary.  Instead, we practice what is the pattern in the New Testament: individuals, having previously expressed faith in Christ, are baptized by immersion.  The picture in immersion models […]