Who doesn’t love a good chase scene? It seems each generation of movie directors ups the previous one with grander and longer and edgier chase scenes than ever before. A…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 13, 2019
Husbands and Wives: A Recap (Ephesians 5:32-33)
The oneness of men and women in marriage, in a mysterious way, hints at an important truth. In the same way husbands and wives become one, so also Christ and…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 1, 2019
Job, the sufferer. Christians shudder when they pick up his tale. A man at ease, and then the ease evaporated. Pain and misery flooded in. A human tested. (3 Minutes/400…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 28, 2019
Husbands – Sacrificially Love, Part 3 (Ephesians 5:28-31)
Paul continued his exhortation to Christian husbands by pointing to the oneness married couples have with one another. They are one flesh, made so by God. Paul went back to…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 25, 2019
Husbands: Sacrificially Love, Part 2 (Ephesians 5:26-28a)
In speaking to husbands regarding the need for sacrificial love for their brides, Paul continued to hold out Jesus as their example. Jesus loves His church by sanctifying her, washing…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 18, 2019
United In Marriage — Husband, Sacrificially Love (Ephesians 5:25)
That Paul does not have a brutal or tyrannical marriage relationship in mind when he exhorts the wife to submit to her husband is evident in this next section. The…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 11, 2019
Walk In Your Father’s Love, part 2 (Ephesians 5:3-6)
Paul has just instructed his readers to imitate the love of God as demonstrated in the sacrificial cross of Christ (Ephesians 5:1-2). Our love is to be one which lays…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 23, 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
No two people are alike, and if by some miracle they are, they won’t automatically like each other for it. We are people with brokenness, sinful desires, and bad histories,…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 10, 2018
The believers in Antioch were far different from the culture they lived in. Because they lived in an environment without a connection to Judaism like the church in Jerusalem had…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 19, 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
When You Are Rooted And Grounded In Christ’s Love (Ephesians 3:17-19)
Paul, longing for the church to become fully united to the love of Christ, has prayed for the Spirit to build up our inner person and for Christ to settle…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 23, 2018
United To God — Why God Did It, Ephesians 2.4-5
Up to this point in our passage, Paul has explained to us the utter lostness of humanity (see Ephesians 2:1-3). We were dead. We were followers. We were children of…
Nate HoldridgeApril 26, 2018
Nehemiah quickly responded to the news from Hanani, the news of the brokenness of the city, with his own inward brokenness. The conditions in and around Jerusalem began to mirror…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 13, 2017
Nehemiah’s Response (2 of 3)
Nehemiah quickly responded to the news from Hanani, the news of the brokenness of the city, with his own inward brokenness. The conditions in and around Jerusalem began to mirror…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 5, 2017
United For Unity #10 — United In Marriage (Ephesians 5:22-33)
Teaching notes for Ephesians 5:22-33, United In Marriage
Nate HoldridgeDecember 3, 2017
United For Unity #9 — United To Your Father (Ephesians 5:1-21)
Teaching notes for 11.26.17 teaching.
Nate HoldridgeNovember 26, 2017
Three times it had to be sung. Early in the romance, again close to the wedding date, and once more in their older years, the famed couple of the Song…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 9, 2017
United For Unity #6 — United To Christ’s Love (Ephesians 3:14-21)
Teaching outline for Ephesians 3:14-21.
Nate HoldridgeOctober 29, 2017
Receive These Gifts From Jesus
The fifth chapter of Romans opens with delight...1600 Words / 8 Minutes
Nate HoldridgeOctober 24, 2017
Three Christ-Like Attitudes In Caleb
In Israel's heyday, to call someone 'dog' was an insult, not a stage name in the rap game. Some say the name ‘Caleb’ meant ‘dog.’ Well, not anymore. The Caleb…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 12, 2017
“Better is.” What a phrase. It strikes me as final, bold. There is no waffling, no room for error. It firmly states the fact. There is a better life —…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 28, 2017
United For Unity #1 — United To Blessings (Ephesians 1.1-14)
Teaching notes for Ephesians 1:1-14 — United For Unity #1: United To Blessings
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 17, 2017
To Abhor Evil Is Part of Love
We might think of love as sentimental and soft, but a hatred of evil is a very natural outworking of love...4 Minutes / 800 Words
Nate HoldridgeJuly 11, 2017
Ruth 4 — God Works To Redeem…
Teaching outline for Ruth 4. Taught 4.9.17.
Nate HoldridgeApril 9, 2017
Let Us Hear — Ephesus (Revelation 2.1-7)
Teaching outline (sermon notes) for 1.15.17.
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 15, 2017
Good Citizens — Romans 13:1-14
This week at Calvary Monterey we studied Romans 13:1-14. Here are the four main takeaways:God instituted government (1-4)Christian’s are to live in subjection to their government (5-7)Owe only love (8-10)Live…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 30, 2016
Romans 12:14-21 / Gospel Application: Living Peaceably
Theme: Jesus introduced a life which runs opposite our feelings and impulses. We respond differently to enemies, sensitively to others, humbly with believers, and peaceably with all.
Nate HoldridgeOctober 9, 2016
How To Love Robustly / Romans 12:9-13
Theme: We aim to have robust love. This plays out in our interactions with good and evil, one another, the Lord, tribulation, and need. Let us submit and grow. In this…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 3, 2016
The Origin of Truth and Love – Love One Another (1 John 4:7-12)
Once again, John takes us back to a main theme of his: let us love one another. He's not like Paul, who was more linear in his arguments. Instead, John…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 23, 2015