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In this Sunday teaching, Pastor Nate Holdridge continues our Proverbs series by addressing the power and pull of our phones. Drawing on timeless biblical wisdom, Nate outlines a path toward Christ-centered digital habits through three key invitations: stewarding the interior world, practicing private integrity, and being fully present in physical relationships. Using cultural insights, personal stories, and Scripture, this message helps modern believers assess their phone use with clarity, conviction, and hope. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/39h2vxpd Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 14:10 1. Steward Your Interior World 25:04 2. Demonstrate Integrity In The Private World 37:00 Be Present In The Physical World 41:20 Suggested Next Steps 45:35 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this teaching, Pastor Nate Holdridge explores what Proverbs—and the whole of Scripture—teach about money, wealth, and material possessions. While many assume the Bible views money only as a danger or temptation, Pastor Nate reveals a more balanced and hopeful perspective: material possessions can be good gifts from God for our enjoyment, but they must never take His place in our hearts. Learn how God calls His people to financial wisdom, contentment, and sacrificial generosity as visible expressions of His redemptive work in our lives. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/3cx3f3u8 Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 11:33 1. Material possessions are gifts from God for our enjoyment. 21:58 2. Material possessions are also a significant means of turning us away from God. 33:33 3. Material possessions are a major category of redemption. 42:48 Conclusions 47:57 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this Sunday Sermon from Calvary Monterey, Pastor Nate Holdridge speaks about the power, necessity, and beauty of gospel-shaped friendship in a world increasingly marked by isolation and disconnection. Drawing from Proverbs and the nature of God Himself, Nate calls believers to pursue friendships that are constant, courageous, refining, and shaped by the love and mission of Christ. Let's be encourage to resist shallow connections and instead build relationships rooted in reverence for God, mutual spiritual growth, and sacrificial love. Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/2sf865wp Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/mwxyx226 Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 0:00 Happy Mother's Day Welcome 2:23 Begin Teaching 9:48 Friendship Has A Divine Origin 9:33 Marks of Good Friendships 35:18 How to be a Gospel-Shaped Friend 42:50 Closing Prayer & Communion
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Pastor Matt Kehler continues our study in the book of Proverbs. Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/3m4jwa3x Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 5:03 Misconception 1 12:48 Misconception 2 16:58 1. Respond Rather Than React 22:38 2. Discern Rather Than Disregard 34:13 3. Allow God's Truth To Tell You A Better Story 37:33 4. Invite Other People In 45:18 5. Bring Your Emotions to God 51:00 Closing Prayer
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In this Sunday message, Pastor Nate Holdridge explores what Proverbs has to say about our work and careers. With clarity and conviction, he challenges us to see work not merely as a way to pay the bills but as a deeply spiritual act that reflects God’s character. Whether we’re digging ditches, managing teams, or raising children, our work can become a meaningful expression of love, diligence, and integrity. This teaching unpacks how we can view our jobs through God’s wisdom—and how that wisdom can transform our everyday labor into lasting worship. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/9vecp2fh Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/4wb3pzvv Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 0:00 Welcome 9:08 Why Work Matters? Because it is Godly 10:08 Why Work Matters? Because it Sanctifies 11:33 Why Work Matters? Because we need to Eat 12:58 Why Work Matters? Because it is an outlet for Love 15:28 1. Know the Outcomes 24:43 2. Develop Your Skill 32:48 How you might grow your work skills (1) 33:18 How you might grow your work skills (2) 33:53 How you might grow your work skills (3) 34:18 3. Operate with Integrity 42:09 Communion & Closing Worship
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This Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks through the grand sweep of Scripture to show how Jesus fulfills the centuries-long hope for a true and glorious King. From creation to Christ’s enthronement, this teaching from Ephesians 1:15–23 reminds us that the risen Jesus now reigns with unmatched power and invites us into his expanding kingdom. Discover how your life fits into God’s eternal plan through the reign of King Jesus. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/4nmbdjky Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/2p9mczk2 Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 0:00 Scripture Reading 2:22 Teaching
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In this Sunday sermon, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks us through Proverbs 9, the final movement in the preamble of Proverbs. He shows us how the fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom and contrasts the invitations of Woman Wisdom and Woman Folly. With compelling illustrations and biblical insights, Pastor Nate invites us to build lives rooted in reverence for God—lives that are receptive to instruction, alive to God’s path, guarded at the heart, and continually drawn to his wisdom. This message offers a powerful call to live more fully in the reality of God’s good design. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/bddw6krc Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/5xjk5ars Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 0:00 Easter Weekend Preview 5:59 Scripture Reading 17:53 Fear of the Lord 33:57 Some Fruit of the Fear of the Lord 48:28 Communion & Closing Prayer
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In this week’s Sunday teaching, Pastor Nate Holdridge brings us a narrative sermon from Proverbs 8, where Wisdom herself recounts the long history of her voice—her partnership with God at creation, her battle against the serpent’s lies, and her ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Speaking from the heights, at the crossroads, and within the gates of our lives, Wisdom invites us to heed her voice over the enemy’s deception. This message reveals the tension between two eternal voices and invites listeners to embrace the victorious wisdom of the cross, now alive in the church and destined to reign forever. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/y4nxjuz2 Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/2xs5df4h Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 3:54 Scripture Reading 7:48 Teaching
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In this week’s teaching from Proverbs 6:20–7:27, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks us through one of Scripture’s most detailed passages about sexual temptation and the call to wisdom. He highlights how God forms our hearts through his Word, how temptation operates through deception and desire, and how the gospel doesn’t just forgive us but transforms us. This is a message about more than avoiding sin—it’s about embracing the life Jesus came to give. Link to Sermon Notes: https://tinyurl.com/3x5kue7m Link to Discussion Questions: https://tinyurl.com/ms7spurm Are you new to Calvary? We'd love to connect with you! https://tinyurl.com/635h6pv9 Sign up for our Calvary Connection (weekly newsletter): https://calvarymonterey.churchcenter.com/people/forms/308794 Give online: https://calvary.com/give Talk to a Pastor or Counselor: https://tinyurl.com/yjx92d3k Chapters 1:17 Scripture Reading 17:17 1. Main Lesson: Get a Wisdom-Formed Heart 25:19 2. Dissect and Analyze Temptation 35:33 3. Ask a Question 42:28 Closing Prayer & Communion
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