High School / Calvary Church

Satan tempts Jesus with the entire world and all the power and authority that comes with it.

In part two of The Temptations of Jesus, Satan appeals to a longing inside of all of us, the need for acceptance and applause from others.

We are often tempted with immediate gratification, settling for less and not waiting for God’s timing. We will learn how Jesus overcame this temptation and how we can do the same.

Not much is known about a large part of Jesus’ life. His birth is well recorded, but the bible is curiously silent until his baptism, 30 years later. These are Jesus’ silent years, a time where God was growing and preparing him for his temptations, ministry and death.

This week we want to talk about how we get there, with our Values. We will look at each of our five values (Loving God, Living God’s Word, Growing with God’s People, Going into God’s World and Investing in God’s Work) and see that our students are not just a part of Calvary Church, but they are the church!

Creation is so much bigger than a debate between the bible and scientists, it is our foundation for how God intended the world to be. It shows us why God created us and how we should relate to the world. Though the world doesn’t look like the paradise God created (we will see why next week), God intended for us to rest, as he did, in the goodness of him and his creation.