God’s Wisdom for a Complex World 16: Money (Proverbs)
Sermon Notes: God's Wisdom for a Complex World 16—Money (Proverbs)
Nate HoldridgeMay 18, 2025
God’s Wisdom for a Complex World #13: Proverbs on Work
Sunday Teaching: God's Wisdom for a Complex World #13: Proverbs on Work
Nate HoldridgeApril 27, 2025
Works of the Flesh: Spiritual, Societal, and Substance Misalignment (Galatians 5:19-21)
Today, we’ll continue looking at Paul’s list of the works of the flesh after seeing the effects of the first category, sexual misalignment, last week. It’s important to pause on…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 13, 2025
God is Love 01—The Overflowing Love of the Father (Galatians 4:4-6)
Sunday Teaching Notes: God is Love 01—The Overflowing Love of the Father (Galatians 4:4-6)
Nate HoldridgeDecember 15, 2024
08 An Advancing Gospel Community: Partners Together (4:10-23)
Sunday Teaching: An Advancing Gospel Community—Partners Together (4:10-23)
Nate HoldridgeDecember 8, 2024
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
Future Church – Joshua 5:13-15
Sunday Sermon: Future Church (Joshua 5:13-15)
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 29, 2024
The Call of the Shepherd-King 06—I Will Be Who I Am (Micah 7, Oracle 3.2)
Sunday Teaching: The Call of the Shepherd-King 06—I Will Be Who I Am (Micah 7, Oracle 3.2)
Nate HoldridgeApril 21, 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 13—God’s Commands—Exodus 20
Sunday Sermon: Knowing God 13—God's Commands—Exodus 20
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 14, 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 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 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 06—God’s Power—Exodus 7-10
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 06—God's Power—Exodus 7-10
Nate HoldridgeOctober 29, 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
Knowing God #3: Never An Ornamental Extra (Exodus 3:13-4:17)
Sunday Sermon-—Knowing God:Never An Ornamental Extra (Exodus 3:13-4:17)
Nate HoldridgeOctober 1, 2023
Knowing God 02: People Who Experience God’s Exodus (Exodus 2:11-3:12)
Sunday Teaching: Knowing God 02-—People Who Experience God's Exodus (Exodus 2:11-3:12)
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 24, 2023
Psalm 11—An Immoveable Confidence
Sermon Title: Psalm 11—An Immoveable Confidence
Nate HoldridgeJuly 2, 2023
Jesus’ Transfiguration Offered an Encouraging Preview (Mark 9:1-3)
In response to the disciples' confession and this new teaching about his death and resurrection, Jesus took three of his men to a mountaintop. Though we don't know the exact…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 26, 2023
Women Of Christmas: Anna (Luke 2:36-38)
Sermon: Women Of Christmas-—Anna (Luke 2:36-38)
Nate HoldridgeDecember 18, 2022
The Struggle for Obedience, Part 4: Understand What He’s Done (Mark 6:51-52)
Here we have a summary report about Jesus' healing ministry. This report is Mark's way of giving us a sense of the general atmosphere surrounding Jesus' life at that time…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 15, 2022
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
Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-17)
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…
Nate HoldridgeSeptember 13, 2021
Exodus 33-34
As a reminder, we're here in the book of Exodus, in the middle of a three-chapter section where the people of Israel first rebelled in building the golden calf while…
Nate HoldridgeJune 23, 2021
Your Work Is Worship (Genesis 2:15)
So **the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it**. Later, once sin entered the world, the ground was…
Nate HoldridgeJune 21, 2021
Growing In Devotion To Christ — Mark 14:1-11 — Follow #44
Sermon Notes: Growing In Devotion To Christ -- Mark 14:1-11 -- Follow #44
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 21, 2021
When Work Goes Sideways (Genesis 11:4)
Before sin entered the world, before the fall, work was a way mankind glorified God. God created us to work, and the garden needed cultivating. And now, under the curse…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 5, 2020
Video Message: What Happens When Your Work Goes Sideways?
In Genesis chapter 11, the citizens of Babel said, “Come let us build a tower to make a name for ourselves.” You see when you go to work to build…
Nate HoldridgeOctober 30, 2020
Follow #26 – Mark 9:1–13 – Be Helped by Jesus’ Transfiguration
What are we to do with such a beautiful and awe-inspiring episode? What did it mean for them? What did it mean for Jesus? And what does it mean for…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 30, 2020
Know Your Lane (Psalm 131:1-2)
Have you ever felt the need to be an expert in something that you are clearly not qualified to be an expert about? Do you do a little research on…
Nate HoldridgeJuly 21, 2020
Video Message: Should I Even Go Back to Church?
Do we even need to come back to church or can we all just stay home in our jammies to get the Word of God? Let’s be honest nothing can…
Nate HoldridgeJune 19, 2020
Serve God (Matthew 4)
Temptation breathed down his neck. Satan himself pummelled Jesus with despairing thoughts, trying to move the Christ to error. In the wilderness, dry and breaking, Jesus stood alone under the…
Nate HoldridgeNovember 21, 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
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
The ancient Israelite approached God with blood sacrifice, for without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22). One offering, however, was different. The grain offering…
Nate HoldridgeMay 16, 2019
United In The Workplace — Workforce (Ephesians 6:5-8)
The church, for every generation, consists of all types of people. Some have been enslaved, others have been upper class. Some have been laborers, others have been thought workers. Some…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 1, 2019
Each week at Calvary Monterey we hold an hour-long staff chapel. Currently held on Wednesdays after lunch, Staff Chapel is an opportunity for the staff of our church to gather…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 20, 2019
Pause To Set Down Your Ebenezer Stone (1 Samuel 7:12)
I went through the typical motions while filling out the form. First name. Last name. Address. Our family was about to head down the Truckee River, and I was tasked…
Nate HoldridgeAugust 27, 2018
It was a breakthrough moment. The gospel had gone to the Gentile, but not en masse. Now was the time. God was ready and, as the leaders in the Antiochan…
Nate HoldridgeJune 6, 2017
Psalm 122 A Guide For The Climb #3 — Have A Vision For The Worship Assembly
Theme: The climb is helped by a love for the assembly, so we must have a vision for the local worship gathering.
Nate HoldridgeMay 14, 2017
