God’s Wisdom for a Complex World 15: Friendship (Proverbs)
Sunday Teaching: God's Wisdom for a Complex World #13: Proverbs on Work
Nate HoldridgeMay 11, 2025
11 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: A Tale of Two Voices (Proverbs 8)
Sunday Teaching: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: A Tale of Two Voices (Proverbs 8)
Nate HoldridgeApril 6, 2025
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
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
Maturity Profiled 11—The Mature are Patient in a Hard World—James 5:7-12
Sunday Sermon: Maturity Profiled 11—The Mature are Patient in a Hard World—James 5:7-12
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 8, 2024
Maturity Profiled 10—The Mature Navigate Finances with God—James 5:1-6
Sunday Teaching: Maturity Profiled 10—The Mature Navigate Finances with God—James 5:1-6
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 2, 2024
Knowing God 13—God’s Commands—Exodus 20
Sunday Sermon: Knowing God 13—God's Commands—Exodus 20
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 14, 2024
Knowing God 12—God’s Invitation—Exodus 19
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 12—God's Invitation—Exodus 19
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 7, 2024
Knowing God 05: God’s Plans (Exodus 6)
Sunday Teaching-—Knowing God 05: God's Plans (Exodus 6)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 22, 2023
Knowing God 04: God’s Son (Exodus 4:18-5:23)
Sunday Sermon-—Knowing God 04: God's Son (Exodus 4:18-5:23)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 8, 2023
The Anonymity of Pastoral Work
In our modern age, talk of pastoral work as anonymous work seems like a stretch. Maybe the pastor in a rural town on a dusty road is anonymous, but pastoring…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 14, 2022
50 Healthy Church Leader Tips
Having grown up in a church planting pastor's home, I love pastors and church leaders and strive to help them in any way I can. I recently wrote an article…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 26, 2022
How To Be the Church in a Secular Community (Jeremiah 29:4-9)
Jeremiah had an unenviable task. Called by God at a young age, he was given the assignment of a doomsday prophet to a rebellious Israel. For centuries—ever since they shifted…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 4, 2022
When Jesus Moves Slowly (Mark 5:21-43)
We know believers are called to "put on...patience" (Colossians 3:12). We know the Bible is filled with related words -- long-suffering, endurance, steadfastness, and waiting. But this waiting with patience…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 27, 2022
Jesus Is the Friend of Sinners, Part 3 (Mark 2:13-17) — He Calls Sinners
Somehow, a group of scribes of the Pharisees saw what Jesus was doing. We've already seen scribes in Mark's gospel; they were in the house when Jesus forgave the paralyzed…
Nate HoldridgeApril 20, 2022
Jesus Is the Friend of Sinners, Part 2 (Mark 2:13–17) — His Kingdom Is for Sinners
Now, the day of salvation in your life should be a day of celebration, and that's how Levi saw things. He invited Jesus to his house and invited his friends,…
Nate HoldridgeApril 13, 2022
Exile Grace – 1 Peter 5:10-14 – The Grace of Exile #27
Exile Grace - 1 Peter 5:10-14 - The Grace of Exile #27
Nate HoldridgeDecember 5, 2021
A Healthy Heart Before God – A Basic Description of the Uncondemned Heart (1 John 3:23-24)
John has been helping us learn to deal with our hearts when they condemn us (3:19-20). He has shown us what happens when God sets our hearts free of condemnation…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 24, 2021
Walk in Truth – Continue in the Spirit’s Teaching (1 John 2:26-27)
John wants us to, first, consider the season we are in. Second, he wants us to confess Jesus as the Son. Third, and finally, we learn in these verses, he…
Nate HoldridgeJune 22, 2021
The Millennial Reign of Christ (Revelation 20)
Revelation 20 has caused no small controversy throughout the life of the church. My view is that the received position of the early church was that Jesus would one day…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 29, 2021
Exodus: 10-11
Welcome to our Tuesday Night Through the Bible Series. Right now, we're in the book of Exodus and will look at chapters 10 and 11 in this session. As we…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 3, 2021
Goal #2 of First John: Promote True Fellowship (1 John 1:1-4)
You may have noticed how John continually says, "we." We heard. We have seen. We proclaim to you. This was John's way of speaking for the apostolic group. They'd all…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 2, 2021
Election Year Encouragements for Our Congregation
As everyone is aware, we are in a divisive presidential election season. Though I love my country and consider myself blessed to be a citizen here, as a senior pastor,…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 15, 2020
A Guide For The Climb – Chapter 14 – War for Unity (Psalm 133)
“The Bible has the answers,” they say. Knowing how messed up life and the world and relationships can be, you decide to read it. Perhaps, you think, you will find…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 13, 2020
Video Message: What Gives You the Right to Speak?
What authority have we been given? The authority to go into all the world and broadcast the gospel message. Jesus has given believers authority, not for us to brag or…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 10, 2020
Video Message: Get Your Mind Right
We are entering into a new season, a post COVID season, and we need to get our minds right. This next season will require us to flexible and immovable and…
Nate HoldridgeJune 26, 2020
Video Message: Should I Even Go Back to Church?
Do we even need to come back to church or can we all just stay home in our jammies to get the Word of God? Let’s be honest nothing can…
Nate HoldridgeJune 19, 2020
A Conversation on Race, Police Brutality, the Gospel, and the Church With Pastor Bill Buffington
We pray this conversation equips you, edifies you, and challenges you. In this conversation Pastor Nate Holdridge listens to Pastor Bill Buffington from Calvary Chapel Inglewood about all the civil…
Nate HoldridgeJune 12, 2020
Video Message: The Christian’s Greatest Weapon
We live in the most resourceful age of all time, but there are still limits to what we can do. So how do we see real heart transformation? Can we…
Nate HoldridgeMay 19, 2020
Good Friday Service: Calvary Monterey
https://youtu.be/uuS5-pefKAc “During this season, Calvary Monterey is sharing video messages and services via social media with our church community and I would like to share them here with you as…
Nate HoldridgeApril 10, 2020
6 Lessons I’ve Learned About Small Group Ministry
Having pastored a church without small groups, and now having pastored a church where always at least half of the congregation is in a small group, I can tell you…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 18, 2020
6 Helps to Run the Christian Race in the Last Days (Hebrews 10:19-39)
When running in an endurance race, ample reasons to quit surface. Overwhelming fatigue, blisters and other irritations will grate on your resolve. Eating the wrong food will cause your energy…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 12, 2019
7 Marks Of A Cool Church (Acts 2:42)
I have heard recitations of Acts 2:42 my entire Christian life. Seems the circles I run in love it. Part of it has got to be the sweet outline --…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 10, 2019
I recently sat down with a pastoral friend of mine to catch up. During the course of our conversation, we began talking about various ministries and events coming up in…
Nate HoldridgeApril 1, 2019
As a father, a daddy, Jairus was in great distress. His twelve-year-old daughter, the joy of his life, was on her deathbed. Sickness had overwhelmed her body, and her body…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 18, 2019
Calvary Monterey, the church I pastor, embraces a simple ministry model. We aren’t a collection of Sunday plus a billion ministries to subspecific groups. The left-handed-golfers-with-a-plus-13-handicap will have to look…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 5, 2018
Like smoke’s residue, the stench of his rebellion clung to him. The waves and billows of David's sin had pushed him to the floor. He felt unable to stand. (500…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 29, 2018
The Maximal Functionality Of The Church (Ephesians 4:13-16)
Paul demonstrated how the word of God is meant to interact with the body of Christ to build it up for a life of ministry. Much of this ministry is…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 12, 2018
Enjoy Christ’s Gift (Ephesians 4:11-12)
God has, Paul told us, given each believer enabling grace. If the blood of Christ covers us, we are part of the larger body of believers. From His exalted seat…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 5, 2018
Christina and I are not the same people we were in 2002, the year we stood before God and witnesses and declared our covenant of love for one another. As…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 3, 2018
Believe In The Church’s Unbreakable Oneness (Ephesians 4:4-6)
Paul dreamed of the church. In so doing, he introduced a beautiful truth: the universal church is one because the Triune God is one. (3 Minutes / 500 Words)
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 21, 2018
Paul saw the church as a body. When healthy, the body can run and jump and move with ease. When sick, the body is hindered from moving the way the…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 14, 2018
The Result Of Connection To Christ’s Love (Ephesians 3:20-21)
Paul concluded his prayer, and the first half of his letter to the Ephesians, by predicting the result of a people who've been united to the love of Christ: glory…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 7, 2018
Pause To Set Down Your Ebenezer Stone (1 Samuel 7:12)
I went through the typical motions while filling out the form. First name. Last name. Address. Our family was about to head down the Truckee River, and I was tasked…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 27, 2018
Recently, I had a conversation with a youth pastor from another church. “What are teenagers going through right now?” I asked...4 minutes / 700 words
Nate HoldridgeApril 24, 2018
9 Lessons From A Sabbatical
One of my heroes is Geoff Buck, one of the pastors at Calvary Monterey. Ten years ago, Geoff joined our pastoral team and has served as a great friend, mentor,…
Nate HoldridgeApril 17, 2018
Rebel With Mordecai
Mordecai, a Jewish man, would not bow to him. Haman had the king’s authority behind him, and the king had told everyone to pay homage to Haman. Still, Mordecai would…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 7, 2017
United For Unity #4 — United To One Another (Ephesians 2:11-22)
Teaching outline for Ephesians 2:11-22.
Nate HoldridgeOctober 15, 2017
7 Ways Modern Church Leadership Can Walk By Faith
It would have been awesome to have been part of the first church. But instead, I was born in 1978. Still, in my mind, I am part of that first…
Nate HoldridgeJune 8, 2017
Psalm 122 A Guide For The Climb #3 — Have A Vision For The Worship Assembly
Theme: The climb is helped by a love for the assembly, so we must have a vision for the local worship gathering.
Nate HoldridgeMay 14, 2017