Works of the Flesh: Spiritual, Societal, and Substance Misalignment (Galatians 5:19-21)
Today, we’ll continue looking at Paul’s list of the works of the flesh after seeing the effects of the first category, sexual misalignment, last week. It’s important to pause on…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 13, 2025
08 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: On Sex (Proverbs 5)
Sunday Sermon: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: On Sex (Proverbs 5)
Nate HoldridgeMarch 9, 2025
Works of the Flesh: Sexual Misalignment (Galatians 5:19-21)
Here, we find a list of the works of the flesh (19). Paul has told us that two elements within Christians, the flesh and the Spirit, are at constant odds.…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 6, 2025
07 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: What’s Forming You? (Proverbs 4)
Sunday Sermon: 07 God's Wisdom for a Complex World: What's Forming You? (Proverbs 4)
Nate HoldridgeMarch 2, 2025
How to Win the War Within (Galatians 5:16-18)
Last week, we saw how believers are a battlefield, with both flesh and the Spirit warring within them.
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 27, 2025
06 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: The Life it Produces (Proverbs 3:13-35)
Sunday Teaching: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: The Life it Produces (Proverbs 3:13-35)
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 23, 2025
The Gospel Starts a War Within (Galatians 5:16-18)
When I was a boy, it took my family a little while to realize I was left-handed. One of my earliest memories is of an interchange with my paternal grandfather.…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 20, 2025
05 God’s Wisdom in a Complex World: It’s Worth Trusting (Proverbs 3:1-12)
05 God's Wisdom in a Complex World: It's Worth Trusting (Proverbs 3:1-12)
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 16, 2025
Run in Gospel Grace: Adopt a New Slavery (Galatians 5:13–15)
Last week, we began a passage that was Paul’s passionate plea to the Galatians to identify and silence hindering voices that were keeping them from running in grace.
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 13, 2025
04 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: Get in its Spiral (Proverbs 2)
Pastor Nate Holdridge teaches from Proverbs 2, showing how God’s wisdom works as an upward spiral in our lives. As we actively seek wisdom, God meets us and transforms us,…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 9, 2025
Run in Gospel Grace (Galatians 5:7-15)
One of the Apostle Paul's favorite teaching analogies was the foot race. In this passage, he used it to illustrate how the Galatians were in danger of getting off the…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 6, 2025
Protect and Enjoy Gospel Freedom by Responding through Love (Galatians 5:1–6)
In his ethical defense of the gospel in this passage written for the Galatians, Paul gives them, and us, several ways to protect and enjoy our freedom in Christ: by…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 30, 2025
03 God’s Wisdom in a Complex World: The Vital Response (Proverbs 1:20-33)
We unpack Proverbs 1:20-33, focusing on the vital response to God’s wisdom. This teaching emphasizes the availability, persistence, and stakes of living in alignment with God’s guidance. Drawing from the…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 26, 2025
Protect and Enjoy Gospel Freedom by Remaining in Grace and Waiting for Righteousness (Galatians 5:1–6)
Last week, we saw how Paul urged the Galatians (and us) to protect the incredible freedom produced in us by the gospel by standing on Christ.
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 23, 2025
02 God’s Wisdom in a Complex World: Back to Basics (Proverbs 1:8-19)
In this message, Pastor Nate Holdridge explores Proverbs 1:8-19, focusing on foundational wisdom that shapes a life of flourishing.
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 19, 2025
Protect and Enjoy Gospel Freedom by Standing on Christ (Galatians 5:1–6)
This critical passage answers lingering questions about what the gospel of grace will inevitably produce. If I gain a good standing before God based entirely on trust in the work…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 16, 2025
God’s Wisdom for a Complex World 01: The Foundation (Proverbs 1:1-7)
In this teaching from Proverbs 1:1-7, we introduces our series, God’s Wisdom for a Complex World. This message explores how wisdom equips us to navigate life’s uncertainties, focusing on what…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 12, 2025
Applying Paul’s Illustration: Purge Anti-Gospels & Know Who You Are (Gal. 4:30-31)
Today, we finish looking at Paul’s illustration using the story of Sarah and Hagar, which he used to show the struggle between law and grace for the Galatians. Let’s look…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 9, 2025
Applying Paul’s Illustration: Rejoice in Spiritual Barrenness & Expect a Struggle with Legalism (Galatians 4:27-29)
In last week’s post from Galatians, we saw how Paul used the story of Hagar, Sarah, and the birth of their sons from Genesis to illustrate the struggle between law…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 2, 2025
Reject Anti-Gospels (Galatians 4:21-26)
At this point in Galatians, Paul decided to cap his scriptural defense of the gospel of grace with a story from Scripture. Paul was shocked that some in the Galatian…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 26, 2024
Stay Focused in the Gospel: Christ Formed in Us (Galatians 4:17-20)
With this passage, we wrap up Paul’s passionate appeal to the Galatians not to add to the gospel they’d been given but to stay firm in the gospel of grace.…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 19, 2024
God is Love 01—The Overflowing Love of the Father (Galatians 4:4-6)
Sunday Teaching Notes: God is Love 01—The Overflowing Love of the Father (Galatians 4:4-6)
Nate HoldridgeDecember 15, 2024
Stay Free in the Gospel: In Christian Liberty (Galatians 4:12-16)
Today, we pick up in the middle of Paul’s loving appeal to the Galatians, pleading with them to stay firm in the gospel of grace rather than being swayed by…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 12, 2024
08 An Advancing Gospel Community: Partners Together (4:10-23)
Sunday Teaching: An Advancing Gospel Community—Partners Together (4:10-23)
Nate HoldridgeDecember 8, 2024
Stay Simple in the Gospel: God Is Our Father (Galatians 4:8-11)
We are in the middle of Paul's theological case to the Galatian church. After he had brought them the gospel, they had begun to drift from it. False teachers were…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 5, 2024
07 An Advancing Gospel Community: Requires Ongoing Maintenance (Philippians 4:1-9)
Sunday Teaching: 07 An Advancing Gospel Community: Requires Ongoing Maintenance (Phil. 4:1-9)
Nate HoldridgeDecember 1, 2024
Do I Feel God Is My Father? (Galatians 4:1-7)
Before placing our faith in Christ, we were imprisoned and guarded, as we saw in last week’s article. Let’s also think about what we become after placing our faith in…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 28, 2024
Do I Think of God as My Father? (Galatians 4:1-7)
This entire passage illustrates the point in the final verse: "So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God" (7).…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 21, 2024
06 An Advancing Gospel Community: Craves Christlikeness (Philippians 3:12-21)
Sermon Notes: An Advancing Gospel Community: Craves Christlikeness (Philippians 3:12-21)
Nate HoldridgeNovember 17, 2024
What We Are After the Gospel (Galatians 3:23–29)
Before placing our faith in Christ, we were imprisoned and guarded, as we saw in last week’s article. Let’s also think about what we become after placing our faith in…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 14, 2024
05 An Advancing Gospel Community: Enjoys Authentic Christianity (Philippians 3:1-11)
Sunday Teaching: An Advancing Gospel Community: Enjoys Authentic Christianity (Philippians 3:1-11)
Nate HoldridgeNovember 10, 2024
What We Were Before the Gospel (Galatians 3:23–29)
In this passage, Paul will tell us what faith in the gospel does to us. When we truly believe, what happens to us? Paul will explain it to us in…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 7, 2024
04 An Advancing Gospel Community: Breaks Into Darkness (Philippians 2:12-30)
Sunday Teaching: 04 An Advancing Gospel Community: Breaks Into Darkness (Philippians 2:12-30)
Nate HoldridgeNovember 3, 2024
The Law Complements the Gospel Because It Combatted Sin until Christ Arrived & Reveals Our Need for Christ (Galatians 3:19-22)
Last week, we began looking at how the law complements the Gospel, the first way being that it arrived after Christ was promised - over four centuries after the promise…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 31, 2024
The Law Complements the Gospel Because It Arrived after Christ Was Promised (Galatians 3:15-18)
In a sense, there is no bigger question than the one Galatians attempts to answer: How do we relate to God? Do we experience God as a reward for good…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 24, 2024
O3 An Advancing Gospel Community: Participates in God’s Kingdom (2:1-11)
Sunday sermon (Part 3 of Philippians): O3 An Advancing Gospel Community: Participates in God's Kingdom (2:1-11)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 20, 2024
The Gospel of Grace Brought the Spirit to Us (Galatians 3:10–14, ESV)
Through this passage over the past couple of weeks, we’ve examined two reasons the gospel of grace transfers us from curse to blessing: it shows us the way of faith…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 17, 2024
02 An Advancing Gospel Community: Lives Worthy of the Gospel (Philippians 1:12-30)
Sunday Sermon: 02 An Advancing Gospel Community: Lives Worthy of the Gospel (Philippians 1:12-30)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 13, 2024
Gospel Blessing: Christ Was Cursed for Us (Galatians 3:10–14)
Last week, we began looking at how the gospel transfers us from curse to blessing, the first way being that it promotes the way of faith. The second reason the…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 10, 2024
01 An Advancing Gospel Community: Partners Together (Philippians 1:1-11)
Sunday Sermon: 01 An Advancing Gospel Community: Partners Together (Philippians 1:1-11)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 6, 2024
The Gospel of Grace Promotes the Way of Faith (Galatians 3:10-14)
How can someone enjoy and experience God? How can we become fully human as God intended? How can we be released from paralyzing guilt and shame? How can we attain…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 3, 2024