<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781730244392244378</id><updated>2012-02-15T23:51:22.966-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Calvary Chapel</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3781730244392244378/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Pastor Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01220010720633418839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781730244392244378.post-2064844018565946985</id><published>2012-01-12T10:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T16:12:04.584-08:00</updated><title type='text'>thoughts</title><content type='html'>I've been doing a lot of thinking about the purpose of the Church lately. One purpose keeps coming up, and I guess you could call this the over-arching purpose of the Church. Our purpose is to glorify God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To Glorify God simply means to bring Him glory. The world glory, when used in the Old Testament bears with it the idea of splendor and greatness. The word glory when translated in the New Testament means dignity, honor, praise, and worship.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Putting these two meanings together, we learn that glorifying God simply means to acknowledge His greatness and give Him honor by praising and worshiping Him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So now the question we must ask is this. . . Why? Why do we glorify God? . . . . because He alone deserves to be praised. . . because He alone deserves to be honored. . . because He alone deserves to be praised.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thats my thoughts for this week. . .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3781730244392244378-2064844018565946985?l=calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/feeds/2064844018565946985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/2012/01/thoughts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3781730244392244378/posts/default/2064844018565946985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3781730244392244378/posts/default/2064844018565946985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/2012/01/thoughts.html' title='thoughts'/><author><name>Pastor Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01220010720633418839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781730244392244378.post-8864228819939636722</id><published>2011-08-14T17:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T17:03:06.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks John</title><content type='html'>Thanks John for helping with the website.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3781730244392244378-8864228819939636722?l=calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/feeds/8864228819939636722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/thanks-john.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3781730244392244378/posts/default/8864228819939636722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3781730244392244378/posts/default/8864228819939636722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://calvarychapelecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/thanks-john.html' title='Thanks John'/><author><name>Pastor Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01220010720633418839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
