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Gender Identity & Spiritual Warfare

Steve Durkac Posted on May 13, 2016 by Steve DurkacSeptember 16, 2025

The political issue of bathrooms and gender identity is far more than meets the eye. Individuals who are crying foul on laws that protect American citizens from predators and perverts seem to be advertising their absence of biblical morals, common sense, and is playing into the plans of Satan’s attack on God’s creation of distinction between male and female. Satan … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged bible prophecy, Culture War, end time, Ephesians 6:10-13, last days, Satan, Spiritual Warfare

Jesus Confronts Legalism

Steve Durkac Posted on April 18, 2016 by Steve DurkacSeptember 16, 2025

Yesterday at CrossHope Chapel we looked at John 2:13-25 “Jesus Cleanses the Temple” and we discussed God’s grace in the Passover, being angry without sinning (Ephesians 4:26) the Temple and it’s message of transference to Jesus Christ, those who want a “sign” rather than a scripture, the hard truth that every man has a heart intent on evil (Jeremiah 17:9), and … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged CrossHope Chapel, Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 2:21, Galatians 3:10-11, John 2:13-25, legalism, Romans 1:16

Water to Wine

Steve Durkac Posted on April 4, 2016 by Steve DurkacSeptember 16, 2025

In John 2:1-12 we read the story of Jesus’ first public miracle, turning water into wine. You don’t have to be a faithful church member to be familiar with this account because it’s frequently cited in the secular world. John 2:11 states “What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged John 2, teaching series

Jesus is God

Steve Durkac Posted on March 9, 2016 by Steve DurkacSeptember 16, 2025

I would like to share with you a recently posted article at www.calvarychapel.com that goes with our current teaching series on the Gospel of John: “6 Reasons Why I Believe Jesus is God” by John Hwang. The above article is an easier read, because it is a bullet point type of layout of proof texts listed according to six categories, thus … Continue reading →

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Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged Gospel of John, Son of God, teaching series

Son of God

Steve Durkac Posted on March 7, 2016 by Steve DurkacSeptember 16, 2025

Two things I’d like to mention by way of follow-up on our introduction to the book of John on Sunday, March 6, 2016… • The Got Questions? website has a great reply to the question “What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God?” at  http://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Son-of-God.html and I want to share an important great thought from that article: “Another example can … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged Gospel of John, Got Questions?, Son of God, teaching series

Unequally Yoked

Steve Durkac Posted on December 27, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

What is the application of 2 Corinthians 6:14 “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” ? This verse has been most popular in its use as a proof text when it comes to marriage. Don’t marry an unbeliever is what it is commonly considered as its teaching. … Continue reading →

Posted in Wedding Notes | Tagged marriage, spouse, unbelievers, unequally yoked

Sufficient Grace in our Weakness

Steve Durkac Posted on October 7, 2015 by Steve DurkacSeptember 16, 2025

In our discussion tonight I made reference to 2 Corinthians 12:9 but realized on my drive home that I didn’t fully quote it, and I should have because I missed the part that was most pertinent to our conversation, so here it is in its entirety: “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged 2 Corinthians 12:9, Bible Study, Grace

Seventh-day Worship?

Steve Durkac Posted on September 19, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

Let me begin by saying, I don’t believe the seventh-day Sabbath has been terminated, only in the sense that Jesus came to fulfill it (Matthew 5:21-22) and all the laws, and I don’t believe the keeping of the seventh-day Sabbath is an intended practice for those who claim the righteousness of Christ through faith for their salvation. I believe the Sabbath … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged 10 Commandments, Exodus 20:1-2, Exodus 20:8-11, legalism, Matthew 11:25-29, Once Adventist, Sabbath, Seventh-day, Seventh-day Adventist

Unclean Meats?

Steve Durkac Posted on September 6, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

Here are some things to consider on unclean meats, as it came up in our discussion today. One awesome thing about our fellowship is our desire to provide an environment that points to the grace of Christ, His holy word, and allow each of us to grow in convictions according to the work of the Holy Spirit without the pressure of any … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged CrossHope Chapel, legalism, Old Testament Law, unclean meats

Revelation 10 and The Mystery of God

Steve Durkac Posted on August 30, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

A big takeaway from our teaching time this morning in Revelation 10 is the seven thunders, which John was told not to write down for us to know what they were. As followers of Christ Jesus, we don’t always have all the information we may think we need or want, but Deuteronomy 29:29 reminds us “The secret things belong to the Lord … Continue reading →

Posted in Thru Revelation | Tagged Mystery of God, Revelation, Thru Revelation

Wrath of God?

Steve Durkac Posted on August 23, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

I mentioned today as we were looking at Revelation 8 and 9 that I would email you the psalm that I was trying to think of on judgement, and that is actually was Psalm 97. While looking for my notes on Psalm 97 I realized that a recent message from John MacArthur covered in a powerful way this very topic of … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged bible prophecy, end time, John MacArthur, judgement, last days, teaching series, tribulation, Wrath of God

Why Prophecy?

Steve Durkac Posted on August 20, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

At our Midweek Fellowship we watched a DVD from Tommy Nelson on the introduction to the prophecies of Daniel. He laid out 9 reasons for prophecy and I would like to share those again here: It gives us comfort to know that God has a plan (1 Thessalonians 4:13). It keeps us sober minded about life and the future. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged bible prophecy, Daniel 9, end time, last days, Prophecy, Tommy Nelson

Satan’s Persecution or God’s Wrath?

Steve Durkac Posted on August 5, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

For the sake of understanding the prophecies of Revelation and the coming final events, know that there is a difference between tribulation that is persecution caused by Satan and tribulation that is the wrath caused by God. Believers of every age have experienced persecution brought upon them because of the hate of Satan against the followers of Christ. Jesus said in … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Faith | Tagged bible prophecy, Bible Study, end time, judgement, last days, persecution, pretrib, Prophecy, tribulation, wrath

I Am A Former Seventh-Day Adventist Minister

Steve Durkac Posted on June 12, 2015 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

At the end of 1999 I walked away from my pulpit as a Seventh-day Adventist minister, having spent 18 years of my adult life in the denomination, including serving as a pastor in both the Carolina Conference of SDA and the Gulf States Conference of SDA. At the time that I left the Adventist denomination I was going through an unwanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations | Tagged 10 Commandments, Adventist, Carolina Conference of SDA, Ex-Adventist, Former Adventist, former SDA, former SDA pastor, Gulf States Conference of SDA, Law of God, Pastor Steve Durkac, Sabbath, Sabbath Keeping, SDA, Seventh-day, Seventh-day Adventist

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