Chapter 7. The Upside Down King (Matthew 4:1-11)
Chapter 7. The Upside Down King (Matthew 4:1-11)
Nate HoldridgeNovember 16, 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
10 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: For (Sexual) Temptation (Proverbs 6:20-7:27)
Teaching Notes: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: For (Sexual) Temptation (Proverbs 6:20-7:27)
Nate HoldridgeMarch 30, 2025
Works of the Flesh: Sexual Misalignment (Galatians 5:19-21)
Here, we find a list of the works of the flesh (19). Paul has told us that two elements within Christians, the flesh and the Spirit, are at constant odds.…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 6, 2025
How to Win the War Within (Galatians 5:16-18)
Last week, we saw how believers are a battlefield, with both flesh and the Spirit warring within them.
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 27, 2025
The Gospel Starts a War Within (Galatians 5:16-18)
When I was a boy, it took my family a little while to realize I was left-handed. One of my earliest memories is of an interchange with my paternal grandfather.…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 20, 2025
04 God’s Wisdom for a Complex World: Get in its Spiral (Proverbs 2)
Pastor Nate Holdridge teaches from Proverbs 2, showing how God’s wisdom works as an upward spiral in our lives. As we actively seek wisdom, God meets us and transforms us,…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 9, 2025
Applying Paul’s Illustration: Purge Anti-Gospels & Know Who You Are (Gal. 4:30-31)
Today, we finish looking at Paul’s illustration using the story of Sarah and Hagar, which he used to show the struggle between law and grace for the Galatians. Let’s look…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 9, 2025
Future Church – Joshua 5:13-15
Sunday Sermon: Future Church (Joshua 5:13-15)
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 29, 2024
The Call of the Shepherd-King 04: I Will Be Your Shepherd-King (Micah 4:6-5:15)
Sunday Teaching: The Call of the Shepherd-King 04: I Will Be Your Shepherd-King (Micah 4:6-5:15)
Nate HoldridgeApril 7, 2024
Knowing God 06—God’s Power—Exodus 7-10
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 06—God's Power—Exodus 7-10
Nate HoldridgeOctober 29, 2023
Book Excerpt: Christ Unites
Paul tells us who this war is with: Satan, rulers, authorities, cosmic powers, and spiritual forces of evil. Paul takes no time defending the reality of these forces. To him,…
Nate HoldridgeJune 25, 2020
Take Up A War Cry (Ephesians 6:18-24)
We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Our fight is in the spiritual dimension and realm. The nations and generations are under the sway and delusions of the wicked one.…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 29, 2019
Take Up Your War-Clothes (Ephesians 6:13-17)
To win the spiritual war, we must put on Christ's war-clothes. Paul lists six pieces of the spiritual armor. Paul was, remember, imprisoned as he wrote. He had seen Romans…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 22, 2019
Take Up a Wartime Mentality (Ephesians 6:10-12)
When one sits down to read the Bible, they will often begin in Genesis. There, the story unfolds with the beauty and extravagance of God’s creation. He speaks light into…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 15, 2019
The Weapon Of Prayer (Ephesians 6:18-20)
We don’t wrestle against flesh and blood. Our war is unseen and invisible. But an invisible war is not a fictional war. The battle is truer than the most flesh…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 10, 2018
Deal Well With Ridicule
Jerusalem, the city of God and His temple, lay in disrepair. Nehemiah saw this as a tragedy — his heart broke. Moved by God, he prayed, and God opened a…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 7, 2017