Knowing God 09—God’s Song—Exodus 15:1-21
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 09—God's Song—Exodus 15:1-21
Nate HoldridgeNovember 19, 2023
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
Run With Endurance (Hebrews 12:1)
The heart of the Christian life is faith. We begin by trusting Christ for our justification, but we continue on by faith. The author of Hebrews knew this and laid…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 15, 2023
Hebrews 1:1-4—God Spoke By The Son—Christmas Sunday
Hebrews 1:1-4—God Spoke By The Son—Christmas Sunday
Nate HoldridgeDecember 19, 2021
Jesus Christ: The Ultimate Man – Part 3
In the Old Testament era, there was a priesthood. They existed to serve and worship God, but also to facilitate the worship of others. They were focused on God, but…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 11, 2021
Christ Control (Hebrews 2:8)
Did you know that God created humanity to be in control? When in times of chaos and upheaval, it's hard to imagine, but the world was supposed to be in…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 2, 2020
Faith Accesses Victory From God (Hebrews 11:29–31)
Pat Benatar sang, "love is a battlefield." OK. But I think life is a battlefield. The pressures, the attacks, the deadlines, the struggles: they feel like war. Bullets flying, missiles…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 28, 2020
Jesus Made a Loving Family (Hebrews 13:1-6)
I have many friends in Christ who, growing up, had terrible families. It has always fascinated me how they gravitate to their new family in Christ with such appreciation. For…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 23, 2020
Faith Clings to Greater Blood (Hebrews 11:28)
Plague after plague rained down on Egypt. God made it obvious; He was the God of the Hebrews. His judgment released upon the Egyptian gods and their worshipers and the…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 21, 2020
Faith Sees Greater Realities (Hebrews 11:27)
When God looks at His people, He often sees things we cannot see in ourselves. Through a lens of grace, God knows His children. He looked with grace upon many…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 14, 2020
Faith Holds Greater Values (Hebrews 11:24-26)
Hebrews addressed believers who were losing their place of privilege in society. They'd begun to experience mistreatment for their connection to Jesus. Like Moses, they were driven from a comfortable…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 7, 2020
Faith Is Fueled by a Greater Love (Hebrews 11:23)
A Pharaoh arose who didn't remember Joseph and didn't favor the people of Israel. The years ticked by, and the small family of Jacob had grown 2-3 million strong. Fearing…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 31, 2019
Faith Believes in a Better Future With God (Hebrews 11:22)
He was loved and favored by his father. Everyone knew it. Younger than the rest, his dad gave him a coat of many colors. It implied, "Joseph is in charge.…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 17, 2019
Faith Worships Only God (Hebrews 11:21)
The author to the Hebrews knew a Christian life mixed with even the lightest persecution would be difficult. He imagined his audience, outcast Jewish Christians, no longer accepted in their…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 10, 2019
Faith Submits to God (Hebrews 11:20)
The author of Hebrews longed for his readers to live by faith. As Jewish people who'd received Jesus as Messiah-Christ, they were in for ostracization and persecution. The church community…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 3, 2019
Faith Obeys God (Hebrews 11:17-19)
We praise Abraham for his faith in God. We don't call him the father of faith for nothing. And, as the author to the Hebrews tried to urge his readers…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 26, 2019
Faith Looks Forward to the Better City of God (Hebrews 11:13–16)
In the middle of this great chapter on faith, the author of Hebrews pauses to give a recap. He has already covered creation, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Sarah. He…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 19, 2019
Faith Receives Power for the Impossible From God (Hebrews 11:11–12)
"Sarah herself received power to conceive." It is an exhilarating statement. In her old age, Abraham's wife received God's power for the impossible by faith. She came to trust God,…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 12, 2019
Faith Goes on Adventures With God (Hebrews 11:8–10)
Abraham was the hero of Israel, so his inclusion in the Hebrews 11 chapter on faith was vital to the original Hebrew readers. By the time of Christ, many thought…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 5, 2019
Faith Works for God (Hebrews 11:7)
I'd get it if Noah objected. He didn't live near a large body of water. The earth likely hadn't produced any rain by the time he came around. We'd understand…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 29, 2019
Faith Pursues God (Hebrews 11:5-6)
The next character in our Hebrews 11 list of faith-walkers was a mysterious man named Enoch. Enoch was the seventh from Adam and, due to the long lifespans of the…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 22, 2019
Faith is the Way to God (Hebrews 11:4)
In his treatise on faith, the author of Hebrews will dissect the outworkings of faith in Old Testament characters. After detailing the creation account (Hebrews 11:3), he moved to his…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 15, 2019
Faith Is Confident in God’s Word (Hebrews 11:3)
We learn right away, in this chapter, that though faith will often go above our human reasoning, it is not unreasonable. For a belief in a Creator God is logical.…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 8, 2019
Faith Is Loved by God (Hebrews 11:2)
The author of Hebrews felt a need to brace his readers for coming troubles by urging them to live by faith. He did not want them to shrink back into…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 1, 2019
Faith Unlocks Assurance And Conviction (Hebrews 11:1)
We've got one life to live, one shot at living by faith. We won't need faith in heaven. There, with God, we'll walk by sight. But the author of Hebrews…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 24, 2019
Anticipate Your King-Priest’s Return (Hebrews 9:24-28)
On Israel's ancient Day of Atonement, the high priest, after sacrificing for his own sins, did three things. First, he offered a sacrifice for the sins of the people. Second,…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 29, 2019
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
A Consideration of Our Great Salvation (Hebrews 1.5-2.4)
Disneyland trademarked it first, but Gianni's Pizza is the real "happiest place on earth." I was raised on the stuff. I drive up and can smell the pies baking a…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 23, 2019
6 Great Attributes of Jesus’ High Priestly Service to You (Hebrews 7)
No one is like Jesus. I have never known anyone as impressive as him. My Savior, he is also my guide, friend, leader, counselor, teacher, financial planner, advisor, coach, helper,…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 16, 2019
Hebrews 13:7-25 — Jesus Is Better #22 — Jesus Is Worth Following
Hebrews 13:7-25 -- Jesus Is Better #22 -- Jesus Is Worth Following
Nate HoldridgeJune 2, 2019
Humanity was supposed to wear a crown — not one made of gold and jewels, but of God's glory and honor. We were supposed to be a regal people, free…
Nate HoldridgeMay 28, 2019
Hebrews 13:1-6 — Jesus Is Better #21 — Jesus Made A Loving Family
Hebrews 13:1-6 -- Jesus Is Better #21 -- Jesus Made A Loving Family
Nate HoldridgeMay 26, 2019
Creeping, slowly and steadily, unbelief was ready to pounce on the early Jewish believers. They were, after all, outcasts in their culture, for their acceptance of Jesus as Messiah made…
Nate HoldridgeMay 21, 2019
Hebrews 12:3-29 — Jesus Is Better #20 — Jesus Provides Better Training
Hebrews 12:3-29 -- Jesus Is Better #20 -- Jesus Provides Better Training
Nate HoldridgeMay 19, 2019
Jesus Christ is currently in glory, in a dimension we refer to as "up there" or "heaven" or "God's throne room," but impossible for us to fathom. From that reality,…
Nate HoldridgeMay 14, 2019
Hebrews 11:29-12:2 — Jesus Is Better #19 — Jesus Makes People Of Faith, part 5
Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Jesus Is Better #19 -- Jesus Makes People Of Faith, part 5
Nate HoldridgeMay 12, 2019
Hebrews 11:23-28 — Jesus Is Better #18 — Jesus Creates People Of Faith, part 4
Hebrews 11:23-28 -- Jesus Is Better #18 -- Jesus Creates People Of Faith, part 4
Nate HoldridgeMay 5, 2019
Hebrews 11:17-22 — Jesus Is Better #17 — Jesus Creates People Of Faith, part 3
Hebrews 11:17-22 Teaching Notes
Nate HoldridgeApril 28, 2019
Hebrews 11:8-16 — Jesus Is Better #16 — Jesus Creates People Of Faith, part 2
Sunday Teaching: Hebrews 11:8-16 -- Jesus Is Better #16 -- Jesus Creates People Of Faith, part 2
Nate HoldridgeApril 7, 2019
Hebrews 11:1-7 — Jesus Is Better #15 — Jesus Creates People Of Faith, part 1
Teaching notes for Hebrews 11:1-7.
Nate HoldridgeMarch 31, 2019
Hebrews 10:19-39 — Jesus Is Better #14 — Jesus Offers The Best Race
Hebrews 10:19-39 Notes
Nate HoldridgeMarch 24, 2019
Hebrews 9:15-10:18 — Jesus Is Better #13 — Jesus’ Better Sacrifice
Hebrews 9:15-10:18 -- Jesus Is Better #13 -- Jesus' Better Sacrifice
Nate HoldridgeMarch 17, 2019
Jesus Is Better #12 — Hebrews 9:1-14 — Jesus Sets Us Free To Serve God
Teaching outline for Hebrews 9:1-14.
Nate HoldridgeMarch 3, 2019
Jesus Is Better #9 — Jesus Is Our Best Anchor — Hebrews 6:13-20
Sermon Outline for Hebrews 6:13-20 (Sunday, 2/10/19).
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 10, 2019
Jesus Is Better #8 — Hebrews 6:1-12 — Jesus Is Our Best Pursuit
Here is an outline for Hebrews 6:1-12 (taught at Calvary Monterey)!
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 3, 2019
Jesus Is Better #7 — Hebrews 5 — Jesus Is A Better Friend
My teaching outline for Hebrews 5, taught on January 27, 2019 at Calvary Monterey. Enjoy! Blessings!
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 27, 2019
