Coping With Extreme Pressure (Psalm 17)

August 13, 2023 Nate Holdridge

Sunday Teaching: Coping With Extreme Pressure (Psalm 17)

What Does It Mean To "Count It All Joy" When We Meet Trials? (James 1:2)

March 1, 2023 Nate Holdridge

In the opening line of his letter, the half-brother of Jesus cracked open the life of faith. It will have to press through trials—and it should interpret them correctly. (2 Minutes/600 Words)

Archival Post: Overnight Success?

January 17, 2023 Nate Holdridge

Joseph, the ultimate rags to riches story. One day in prison, the next day on the throne. Unknown to Egypt, then announced to the land as the right-hand man of Pharaoh. The world came to know his name, but not before his brothers tried to erase it. He was an overnight success. Or was he?

Women Of Christmas: Anna (Luke 2:36-38)

December 18, 2022 Nate Holdridge

Sermon: Women Of Christmas-—Anna (Luke 2:36-38)

Women Of Christmas, pt. 1: Elizabeth (Luke 1)

December 4, 2022 Nate Holdridge

Sunday Sermon: Women Of Christmas, pt. 1: Elizabeth (Luke 1)

Elizabeth was a woman after God's own heart, a woman who lived in fear of the Lord, and through her body, the dawn of the gospel began to break. Her steadfast hope in God, her prophetic counsel as a messenger for God, and her determined obedience to God all paved the way for *the Son of God*.

Christ and the Storm (Mark 4:35-41)

July 13, 2022 Nate Holdridge

This episode is an identity account—one where the disciples come to terms with Jesus' identity. In this story, they gain a massive clue he is the God of Glory, the Holy One, the Creator and Sustainer of all flesh. They will walk away, amazed by Jesus. (11 Minutes/3000 Words)

Archival Post: Not Over. Not Around. God Takes You Through

December 2, 2021 Nate Holdridge

Not Over. Not Around. God Takes You Through

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Have you ever felt there is no logical way forward? God’s way, according to the Psalm, was through the sea. Through it. Not over it, as in a boating adventure. Not around it, as in a hiking adventure. But through it. No one’s way is ever through it, except God’s. Only He can take us through the thing, through the Red Sea, through that which we are unable, in our human nature, to go through. But with God there is a way forward.

Archival Post: Has the Word Tested You? It Tested Joseph

November 18, 2021 Nate Holdridge

Has the Word Tested You? It Tested Joseph

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Dreams. Ugh. I’m sick of them. Why did I have them? It has been years since they came. I know, or at least I knew, they were different from normal dreams. They were divine. Two of them, similar in nature, came to me. I was only seventeen at the time. I was the youngest of my father’s many sons, yet favored by him. He so loved my mother. But why those dreams?