I love Calvary Chapel (CC) & Chuck Smith (yes I know he's in Heaven with the Lord.) Been familiar with them since 1988. I have been listening to Chuck on my way home from work lately. Hope to meet him in Heaven one day. I have been listening to many CC preachers on CSNRadio.com for years and we have a fairly new Christian station in central & southwest VA - EquipFM.com that is CC affiliated. Just tuned in and am listening to CC Lynchburg, VA. BTW, I have several hundred of Chuck's podcasts on my computer.
Having said all that,my only minor point of disagreement with Chuck was on his "focus" on the KJV. Just give me plain old easy to read NIV. It works for kids, international, etc. I'll take NKJV, NASB and any other version that strives to be translated accurately.
(I just hope this doesn't turn into a debate on versions of God's word.)
I hear ya! My CC has a new pastor whom I really love. He uses KJV and I had to get one so I could follow along but it’s not nearly as easy as the other pastor that was there that used NKJV
This is definitely a church where you learn the Word though, eh??