A New Creation

God's promise of a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwell should change how we live here and now.

Sermons, Heath JarrettLiving HopeSeptember 29, 2024Revelation, Revelation 21, Heaven, New Creation, New Earth, Isaiah 65, Isaiah 54, God's Promises, Holiness, Evangelism, 2 Peter 3, Isaiah 66, Bible Prophecy, Biblical Interpretation

Carried by Christ

Can God bring good out of suffering?

Sermons, 1 Peter, Heath JarrettLiving HopeJuly 28, 2024Gospel, Suffering, Christian Suffering, Persecution, Salvation, Noah, Judgment, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Biblical Interpretation, Repentance

More than Morality, Part 5

This week, I conclude my series of articles on how to not moralize the OT but to understand it in a gospel-shaped way.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeNovember 27, 2023Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Morality, Moralism, Biblical Theology, David & Goliath, 1 Samuel 17, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Application, Understanding Scripture, Old Testment

More than Morality, Part 4

This week, I continue my series of articles on how to avoid moralizing OT texts.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeNovember 7, 2023Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, More than Morality, Morality, David & Goliath, Biblical Typology, Moralism, Biblical Theology, Biblical Interpretation, Understanding Scripture, Bible Study, 1 Samuel, King David, Biblical Application

More than Morality, Part 3

How can we keep from getting off track when we study the Bible?

Pastor Heath continues his series on understanding Scripture.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeOctober 16, 2023Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, David & Goliath, Biblical Theology, Biblical Interpretation, Understanding Scripture, Morality, Moralism, Christ Centered, Biblical Types, Bible Study

More than Morality

The Bible is much more than a collection of moral principles to assimilate into your life in order to be a better person.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeSeptember 27, 2023Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Morality, Moralism, Sanctification, Holiness, R. B. Kuiper, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, Understanding Scripture, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Application, Missing the Point, Story of Scripture

Pattern & Fulfillment

The Bible's redemptive storyline is full of patterns which develop over time and finally come to their ultimate fulfillment later on.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeSeptember 6, 2023Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Biblical Typology, Bible Prophecy, Biblical Interpretation, Typology, Biblical Types, G. K. Beale, David Murray, Understanding Prophecy, Understanding Scripture

The Price of Our Redemption, Part 2

To reject Christ is to reject all the glory and goodness of God.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeSeptember 3, 2023Biblical Interpretation, Prophecy, Jeremiah 7, Zechariah, Judas Iscariot, Betrayal, Gospel, Story of Scripture, Biblical Typology, Typology, Rejecting Christ

Christ's Clear Return

When it comes to the study of Christ's second coming, two interpretation difficulties arise which every Christian generation has had to wrestle with.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeJune 12, 2023Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Second Coming, End Times, Bible Prophecy, Biblical Interpretation, False Teachers, False Prophets, Christ's Return, GOSPEL, Olivet Discourse, Heresy, 2 Peter 3

Darkness & Glory

Christ’s return will mean darkness for some and glory for others.

Watch Out For Wrong Teaching

Being able to recognize false teaching is essential, and, as we learn in this week’s message, it’s not judgmental to warn against or even to name false teachings and false teachers.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeNovember 6, 2022Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, False Teaching, False Prophets, Heresy, perseverance, Essential Christianity, Leaven, Matthew 16, Humility, Signs, Parables, Biblical Interpretation, Scripture, Understanding Scripture

The Log & the Splinter

Humility is the antidote to hypocrisy.

Sermons, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Heath JarrettLiving HopeFebruary 6, 2022Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Matthew 7, Hypocrisy, Humility, Judgment, Discernment, Love, Matthew 1-:11, Acts 18:6, Scripture, Biblical Interpretation