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
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
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
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
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 is Worth Every Sacrifice and Asks for Our Ongoing Trust (Galatians 3:1-5)
Paul's question is loaded with personal backstory. He knew everything the Galatians had endured for their belief in Jesus. While with them, Paul and Barnabas had to strengthen the Galatians’…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 19, 2024
Knowing God 17—God’s Presence—Exodus 35-40
Sunday Sermon: Knowing God 17—God's Presence—Exodus 35-40In this Calvary Monterey sermon, our final study of Exodus, we delve into "Knowing God 17—God's Presence—Exodus 35-40." This sermon takes us on a…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 25, 2024
Knowing God 16—God’s Nature—Exodus 32-34
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 16—God's Nature—Exodus 32-34
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 11, 2024
Knowing God 14—God’s Community—Exodus 21-24
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 14—God's Community—Exodus 21-24
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 21, 2024
Knowing God 12—God’s Invitation—Exodus 19
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 12—God's Invitation—Exodus 19
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 7, 2024
Simeon Saw—Christmas Eve 2023 (Luke 2:25-35)
To Simeon, nothing about this morning felt any different than thousands of mornings. A rooster crowed in the distance. The predawn light revealed the shape of the darkened hills. The…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 24, 2023
Exodus Christmas—John 8:34-36
Sunday Teaching: Exodus Christmas—John 8:34-36
Nate HoldridgeDecember 17, 2023
Knowing God 11—God Prepares—Exodus 17:8-18:27
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 11—God Prepares—Exodus 17:8-18:27
Nate HoldridgeDecember 10, 2023
Knowing God 08—God Saves—Exodus 13:17-14:31
Sunday Sermon: Knowing God 08—God Saves—Exodus 13:17-14:31
Nate HoldridgeNovember 12, 2023
Knowing God 07—God’s Passover—Exodus 11:1-13:16
Sermon Notes: Knowing God 07—God's Passover—Exodus 11:1-13:16
Nate HoldridgeNovember 5, 2023
Knowing God 06—God’s Power—Exodus 7-10
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 06—God's Power—Exodus 7-10
Nate HoldridgeOctober 29, 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 Cost of Following Christ (Mark 8:34)
In our last post, we thought about the attractiveness of following Christ. Jesus is attractive. And he is the Christ. But the disciples needed to know what kind of Messiah…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 12, 2023
Nehemiah 11-12—God Renews His People With Joyful Dedication
Sunday Teaching: Nehemiah 11-12—God Renews His People With Joyful Dedication
Nate HoldridgeMarch 27, 2022
Leviticus 20-22
Severe warnings open up Leviticus 20, where we're continuing on in the book of Leviticus in a section where we're seeing the law codes in ancient Israel, laws for God's…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 27, 2021
Leviticus 18-19
Now, turning to Leviticus chapter 18, we turn to a chapter of Scripture, again for the people of Israel, where we have laws restricting sexual activity, laws restricting sexual activity.…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 20, 2021
How To Love God’s People – Part 2 (1 John 3:13-16)
Today, we will look at the third, fourth, and fifth lessons from the passage 1 John 3:11-18, on how to love, especially how to love God's people. (7 Minutes/1700 Words)
Nate HoldridgeJuly 27, 2021
How To Love God’s People — Part 1 (1 John 3:11-12)
In our last few studies of 1 John, we celebrated the glorious truth that God loves us so much that He decided to call all believers His children. In this…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 20, 2021
Exodus 29
Here in the second half of the book of Exodus, we're listening in on God giving directions to Moses on the construction of the tabernacle, which they have yet to…
Nate HoldridgeMay 26, 2021
Remember Who You Are – Fathers: In Relationship With Jesus (1 John 2:13-14)
Last week, we covered the little children in John's exhortation. In this second group -- fathers -- we have mature believers. (6 Minutes/1400 Words)
Nate HoldridgeApril 20, 2021
Exodus 12-13
Hey, Calvary family. Thanks for joining us in our study through the book of Exodus. Today we're in Exodus chapters 12 and 13. There is tension now in the text.…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 17, 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
What Jesus Treasures (Mark 12:41-44, Follow #40)
Sermon Notes — What Jesus Treasures (Mark 12:41-44, Follow #40)In our story today, Jesus is going to let his disciples in on a secret. There, at the temple precincts, amid…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 17, 2021
Exodus 3
At the close of Exodus chapter two, we were told that God saw Israel's distress. In fact, we were told that God heard their distress and that God saw their…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 2, 2020
A Guide for the Climb – Chapter 15 – Enter God’s Blessing Cycle (Psalm 134)
Enoch, a descendant of Adam, walked with God. According to Hebrews, his pursuit of friendship with God was an act of faith. What this ancient man had is what present-day…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 22, 2020
Living In Between the Promise and Fulfillment, Part 2 (Genesis 15)
The life lived in between the promise and the fulfillment, must be able to see past circumstances. All Abram could see what Eliezer. But God could see descendants as numerous…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 8, 2020
Video Message: What’s Your Idea of Who Jesus Is?
What’s your idea of who Jesus is? Is He just your friend when you’re lonely? Is He the person you go to only when things start to fall apart? Or…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 28, 2020
Follow #25 — Mark 8:34-38 — Following Jesus
I must start today's teaching by reminding you of our place in the gospel of Mark. Mark had begun his book by revealing Jesus' identity: he is the Christ, the…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 16, 2020
Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)
Here, we learn Adam knew Eve, which is the Bible's way of saying they knew one another in the act of sex. As an aside, this should be instructive concerning…
Nate HoldridgeMay 14, 2020
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 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
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
Israel's priests had work to do. These men didn't just sit around offering "thoughts and prayers" for the peeps. Nah, dudes worked, and one job they had was to keep…
Nate HoldridgeMay 9, 2019
The Lord wants to move his people forward, upward, onward. He has a plan for each one of you. Recently, I've seen this in a fresh way in my own…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 27, 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
Homefield advantage is a thing. Some athletes say they thrive on opposition, that they love playing in front of a hostile crowd. But, time and time again, it is a…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 14, 2018
In his younger years, he never would have said it. Samson, though gifted and called by God, was a self-willed as they come. But God would often redeem his self-determinate…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 22, 2018
The close of Nehemiah’s prayer is one of my favorites in all of Scripture. Up until this point in the narrative, Nehemiah’s position in the Persian kingdom is unknown, but…
Nate HoldridgeDecember 12, 2017