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In this message from our series The Promised King and His Good Kingdom, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks through Matthew 10:26–42, where Jesus calls his disciples away from the universal craving for safety and comfort and toward a life of danger and reward. Working through three movements—Jesus stood for us, so we stand for him (Matthew 10:26–33); Jesus lost his life for us, so we lose our lives for him (Matthew 10:34–39); and Jesus brought a message to us, so we receive his messengers (Matthew 10:40–42)—we learn how rightly ordered fear, trust in a Father who values us more than many sparrows, and the memory of the cross free us to acknowledge Christ before others. Along the way we’ll confront our region's invitation to curate the good life, clarify what Jesus means by bringing "a sword" into our households, and stand reminded that loving Christ above all is the best gift we can give our families. Because he stood for us, lost his life for us, and sent his word to us, Jesus is worthy of our wholehearted trust—all the way. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/trust-jesus-all-the-way-matthew-1026-42/ 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 Chapters 6:46 Book excerpt J. Sidlow Baxter 14:22 1. Jesus stood for us, so we stand for Him. (10:26-33) 19:02 But how do we become people who acknowledge Jesus before men? 27:08 2. Jesus lost His life for us, so we lose our lives for Him. (10:34-39) 37:09 3. Jesus brought a good message to us, so we receive His messengers. (10:40-42) 42:14 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this Sunday message from Matthew 10:16-25, Pastor Nate Holdridge examines what it means for Christ's people to collide with darkness as they carry his life and light into dead and dark places. Jesus sends his disciples out as sheep among wolves, calling them to an intentional vulnerability marked by the wisdom of serpents and the innocence of doves. Pastor Nate walks through the church's realistic expectation of opposition—from courts and synagogues to governments and even families—while pointing to the Spirit's promised help in the hour of trial and the steadfast endurance that marks true disciples. Ultimately, this teaching calls us to behold Christ, the suffering Shepherd who not only models faithful endurance but became our substitute, bearing rejection and hatred for our sake. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/how-we-collide-matthew-1016-25/ 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 Chapters 3:53 Scripture Reading 14:03 1. Embrace an Intentional Vulnerability 22:03 2. Rely on the Spirit's Help 32:48 3. Deploy a Shocking Strategy 37:14 4. Hold an Accurate Expectation 44:34 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this Sunday message, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks through Matthew 9:35–10:15, where the compassionate King who has been colliding with darkness begins to multiply that work through ordinary people. Jesus looks out over crowds that are harassed and helpless—sheep without a shepherd—and is moved with a gut-level compassion that becomes the engine of everything that follows (Matthew 9:36). Rather than rushing to strategize, he commands his followers to pray that the Lord of the harvest would thrust laborers into the field, then forms a strikingly diverse band of twelve and sends them out to represent him in his own self-giving way (Matthew 10:1–8). Pastor Nate shows how the mission still flows downhill from Christ's heart rather than uphill toward God's approval, and how the same King who once sent the Twelve commissions us today to carry his kingdom into the dark places around us. A warm, gospel-centered call to see ourselves not as spectators of Jesus, but as participants in his ongoing collision with darkness. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/commissioned-to-collide-matthew-935-1015/ 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 Chapters 0:00 Announcements 4:33 Reading Scripture 17:33 1. Plead with God to close the gap (9:37-38) 23:33 2. Embrace the prismatic goodness of the teams He makes (10:1-4) 32:28 3. Go as an active representative of Christ (10:5-15) 44:03 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this Sunday sermon at Calvary, Pastor Nate Holdridge preaches through Matthew 9:18–34, where Jesus collides with a world polluted by death, shame, blindness, and spiritual captivity. Three remarkable encounters reveal the good contagion of the King: a synagogue ruler whose daughter has died, a woman whose twelve-year affliction has left her isolated and unclean, two blind men crying out to the Son of David for mercy, and a demon-oppressed man brought to Jesus by others. Rather than being defiled by what he touches, Jesus transfers his cleanness and life to those who reach for him—even with the smallest measure of faith. Pastor Nate unfolds how Jesus can transfer his life to us, include us in his good kingdom, and work with our little faith, calling us to refuse to be defined by what isolates us and instead be defined by the King who calls them "daughter" and "son." Subscribe for weekly sermons from Calvary Monterey as we continue through The Promised King and His Good Kingdom. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/the-good-contagion-matthew-918-34/ 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 Chapters 0:00 Thursday Night & Calvary Kids Announcement 3:22 Scripture Reading 11:07 Jesus can transfer His life to us 26:42 Jesus can include us in His good kingdom 34:12 Jesus can work with our little faith 44:25 Closing Prayer & Communion
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Sunday message from Pastor Manny Collazo continuing our study through the gospel of Matthew. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/matthew-9-1-17/ 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
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In this Sunday sermon from Matthew 8:18-34, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks through three encounters that reveal both what Jesus looks for in his followers and who Jesus actually is. The invitation is clear: surrender your comforts and competing loyalties, trust him in the loudest storms, and welcome him to rearrange your life today, before the final day when he will rearrange everything. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/the-making-of-a-disciple-matthew-818-34/ 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 Chapters 1:38 Reading Scripture 9:53 Identity Anchor #1: Jesus is the Son of Man 12:58 Potential Disciple #1. The Scribe 16:43 Potential Disciple #2. The Son 24:38 Identity Anchor #2: Jesus is the Lord 34:48 Identity Anchor #3. Jesus is the Son of God 47:28 Closing Prayer & Communion
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Link to Discussion Questions: https://www.calvary.com/s/LG-Discussion-Questions-SP26_May7-10-1.pdf 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 Chapters 0:00 Happy Mother's Day 1:22 Intro 6:17 The Leper (1-4) 18:42 The Centurion (5-13) 32:48 The Woman (14-17) 41:58 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this Sunday sermon from Calvary Monterey, Pastor Nate Holdridge brings the Sermon on the Mount to its climactic conclusion in Matthew 7:13–29. Jesus does not end his kingdom curriculum with a tidy takeaway but with a choice—presenting four sharp contrasts that confront every hearer: two ways, two trees, two confessions, and two builders. Pastor Nate walks through each pairing, showing how Jesus calls disciples to enter the narrow gate of the gospel, follow true followers of Christ rather than plausible-sounding false teachers, refuse the self-deception of mistaking spiritual activity for genuine relationship with Jesus, and move from merely admiring the Sermon on the Mount to actually practicing it. With pastoral warmth and theological depth, this Sunday sermon invites listeners to step off the broad path of the majority and onto the good, hard, life-giving way of the King—a way founded on the rock of Christ's own words and sustained by his all-sufficient grace. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/upside-down-response-matthew-713-29/ Link to Discussion Questions: https://www.calvary.com/s/LG-Discussion-Questions-SP26_Apr30-May3.pdf 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 Chapters 1:46 Reading Scripture 9:06 Theme 9:41 Enter the Way of Jesus 21:26 Follow true followers of Jesus 31:41 Be truly known by Jesus 37:16 Practice the words of Jesus 44:16 Closing Applications 47:01 Closing Prayer & Communion
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In this week's message from our Upside Down Kingdom series through the Sermon on the Mount, Pastor Nate Holdridge opens Matthew 7:7–12 and asks the question every honest disciple eventually arrives at: How can I possibly live the kingdom life Jesus has described? As Jesus winds down his longest recorded sermon, he turns from demand to provision, giving three extraordinary resources—persistent prayer, a good Father, and a Spirit-fueled imagination for loving others. These are gifts secured by Jesus himself, who prayed in our place, lost his Father so we could gain one, and fulfilled the Golden Rule on the cross before ever asking it of us. This is a message for anyone weary of their own limitations, wrestling with a longstanding unanswered prayer, or longing to see the Father more clearly. The kingdom life is impossible without Jesus—and, through him, genuinely within reach. Link to Sermon Notes: https://jesusfamous.com/blog/chapter-20-upside-down-sufficiency-matthew-77-12/ Link to Discussion Questions: https://www.calvary.com/s/Discussion-Questions-SP26_April23-26.pdf 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 Chapters 0:00 Calvary Church Update 06:07 Intro 15:17 1. Prayer to propel us forward (7:7-8) 26:21 2. Our good Father as the One to trust (7:9-11) 32:37 What about longstanding unanswered prayer? 36:22 3. An imagination as we do the work of love (7:12) 44:02 Closing Prayer & Communion
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