Week 3: How can we partner with the Holy Spirit?
Sunday Teaching: How can we partner with the Holy Spirit?
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 7, 2025
Working on Team Jesus (Mark 6:7-32)
Our passage today will end with this statement: the apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught (Mark 6:30). It is one of only…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 10, 2022
Seeing God Correctly: God Is Angered by Dead Religion (Mark 3:1-6)
It is amazing how religious leaders would not answer Jesus' questions. He'd asked, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or…
Nate HoldridgeMay 18, 2022
Nehemiah 3—God Renews His People By Inviting Them Into The Work
Sunday Teaching: Nehemiah 3—God Renews His People By Inviting Them Into The Work
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 23, 2022
You Are God’s Child — We Will Become Like God’s Son (1 John 3:2-6)
The thought is astounding. One day, God's children will **be like** Jesus **when He appears** (2). This incredible fact follows John's logic well. If believers are born into God's family,…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 6, 2021
The Life of David: Protected by God (1 Samuel 19)
Early in the public ministry of Christ, during a time when His popularity was shooting forth, He taught in a house in Capernaum. His presence had rocked that region, so…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 5, 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
Exodus 20 – The Ten Commandments
Here in Exodus chapter 20, we get to dig into the 10 commandments, the two tablets. God's speaking to the people of Israel.
Nate HoldridgeMarch 17, 2021
3 Protections For Today’s Believers – Part 3 (1 John 2:18-27)
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 HoldridgeDecember 3, 2020
5 Facets of the New Covenant God Made With You (Hebrews 8)
I'm sure you always read the full agreement you make with various companies to use their software and hardware. A recent Apple software license agreement is 451 pages long. And…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 13, 2019
Our ancient Hebrew pilgrim, readying himself for the journey to Jerusalem, wanted God in his life. He wanted God every day, not only during the three annual feasts at the…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 4, 2019
Marriage’s Little Foxes (Songs of Songs 2:15)
The Song of Solomon is the greatest love song ever written. In it, romantic love is evidenced from start to finish, from the beginning of life to the very end.…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 18, 2019
6 Thoughts On Discipleship (Matthew 28: 18-20)
You have favorite people, I’m sure, and so do I. One of mine is Denise Buck. Together with her husband, Pastor Geoff, Denise has positively impacted my life and our…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 14, 2019
Impact Every Relationship With Your New Unity to Christ (Ephesians 5:21)
Popular notion says one must find themselves before they enter into marriage. Our society has increasingly viewed marriage as a sign of arrival, rather than a right of passage. People…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 21, 2018
Walk In Your Father’s Light, part 2 (Ephesians 5:14-16)
Paul, wanting to urge the church to walk in the Father’s light, uses a quotation to exhort his readers. Many think the quote is a mashup of a few exhortations…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 7, 2018
The New You (Continued)/ Hardworking, Edifying, And Kind (Ephesians 4.28-32)
(cont’d) Third, Paul told them to be hardworking — “Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 9, 2018
The New You: Truthful And Free Of Anger (Ephesians 4:25-27)
After reminding the Ephesians of what they had learned from Jesus, namely to put off the old and put on the new, Paul explained five areas to take off and…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 2, 2018
Remember What You Learned (Ephesians 4:20-24)
Paul now reminds the Ephesian church what they had learned by first telling them who they had learned. They had learned Christ! (4 Minutes / 700 Words)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 26, 2018
United To Your New Self — Who You Are Not (Ephesians 4:17-19)
The transformation of the caterpillar into a butterfly stands as a poignant illustration of the truth Paul next communicates to the Ephesians. He dreams of the Ephesians living in the…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 19, 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
Appreciate Christ’s Generosity (Ephesians 4:7-10)
Even though the church is unbreakable and one, we are diverse and varied. Paul tells us “grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 28, 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
Adopt The Right Attitude For Body Life (Ephesians 4:1-3)
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
United For Unity #8 — United To Your New Self (Ephesians 4.17-32)
Teaching Notes for Ephesians 4:17-32.
Nate HoldridgeNovember 19, 2017
United For Unity #7 — United To The Church (Ephesians 4:1-16)
Teaching notes for Ephesians 4:1-16.
Nate HoldridgeNovember 12, 2017