Calvary Chapel

  • Calvary Chapel and Purpose Driven

    by Roger Oakland Since Rick Warren’s best selling Purpose Driven book and other related products were pulled from Calvary Distribution, [1] a number of people have contacted me asking for an explanation. My answer has been quite simple – contact someone at Calvary Distribution and ask them for the answer. While I do speak at many different Calvary…

  • The Emerging Church: Revival Or Return To Darkness?

    Commentary by Roger Oaklandwww.understandthetimes.org History reveals that Christian fads and trends come and go. It seems that it is common for many pastors and church leaders to constantly look for some new methodology, “new wave” or “new thing” God is doing, “right now.” We live at a period in church history that is characterized…

  • The Hijacking of the Calvary ChapelMovement into the Coming One-World Religion

    Commentary by Roger OaklandUnderstand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministrieswww.understandthetimes.org1.800.689.1888 The commentary you are about to read has been written with much prayer and thought. I have not written it impulsively or with ill motives but rather believe God has compelled me to testify of things that have gone unspoken of and hidden in…

  • Globalization

    A SPECIAL REPORT BY LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS RESEARCH AND ROGER OAKLAND www.understandthetimes.org On March 7, 2011, Roger Oakland, founder of Understand the Times, International, and two other members from his ministry attended the Peace in a Globalized Society forum at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, which featured Rick Warren and special guest, former UK prime minister Tony…

  • Ichabod Fulfilled in the Body of Christ

    Commentary by Roger OaklandUnderstand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministrieswww.understandthetimes.org1.800.689.1888 This commentary will be short. It will also be clear and to the point. There are three things I am compelled to share. First, I am often accused of being a Calvary Chapel basher. Not so. For those of you who have read my…

  • Another Trojan Horse in Calvary Chapel(and the Body of Christ at Large)

    Understand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministrieswww.understandthetimes.org1.800.689.1888 There is an interesting legendary story from Greek mythology that describes a Trojan Horse. Simply defined, one dictionary states: , huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. . . . The…

  • Greg Laurie, Calvary Chapel, and New Catholic National Shrine for Marian Apparitions

    Commentary by Roger Oakland</br> Understand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministries</br> www.understandthetimes.org</br> 1.800.689.1888 According to the Catholic News Service in a August 17th article titled "Bishops designate Wisconsin site of Marian apparitions as national shrine," U.S. Catholic bishops "formally designated the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion as a national shrine."…

  • Strange Bedfellows Creeping Into Calvary Chapel

    Commentary by Roger OaklandUnderstand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministrieswww.understandthetimes.org1.800.689.1888 I was reminded recently of a commentary I had written a number of years ago that reverberated around the world and throughout the Calvary Chapel movement. You can find it on our Understand The Times website.[1] A discussion about that article was posted at…

  • Calvary Chapel: Another Wave Of The Spirit Or A Wave Of Deception?

    Commentary by Roger OaklandUnderstand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministrieswww.understandthetimes.org1.800.689.1888 There is a lot of talk these days in Christian circles about the great outpouring of the “Holy Spirit” that is just around the corner. This “outpouring” will supposedly bring “another Jesus Movement”. [1] While this would be a wonderful thing if the “spirit” was the…

  • Sins of the Fathers, Nepotism, and Apostasy in the Church

    Commentary by Roger OaklandUnderstand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministrieswww.understandthetimes.org1.800.689.1888 There is an obvious pattern observed from a brief study of genealogies found in the Old Testament. When a father follows God and leads the people, overseeing in the right direction, there is absolutely no guarantee this virtue will carry over to the next…