Rejecting the Cornerstone

Are you robbing God of his glory?

Christopher RaleyLiving HopeJune 17, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Cornerstone, Psalm 118, Mark 11, Parable of the Tenants, Parables, Pharisees

But for the Grace of God

When you read your Bible, do you ever think, “If I had lived in Jesus’ day, I would not have been like those Pharisees”?

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeMay 14, 2023Matthew, Matthew 23, Pharisees, Grace, Sovereignty of God, Salvation, Missing the Point, Judgment, Sinners, Mercy, God's Patience, Condemnation, Suffering, Justice

Confronting the Counterfeit

The most convincing counterfeit is the one that looks the most like the real thing.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeMay 7, 2023Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Deception, False Teaching, False Prophets, Hypocrisy, Matthew 23, Gospel, Sound Doctrine, Counterfeit Christianity, Pharisees, False Professions, Salvation, Conversion

Practice What You Preach

One of the biggest complaints about the church is its hypocrisy. People see it, and we can’t just brush it aside by saying there is no perfect church.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeApril 30, 2023Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Hypocrisy, Humility, Honor, Matthew 23, Legalism, Pharisees, Self-love, Servanthood, Pride

The Old Testament in Two Verses

How would you summarize the whole Old Testament? If you think of it as a list of commands, you are missing the point.

God & Government

What do we owe God, and what do we owe our government? Jesus’s answer to this question was not at all what the people expected.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeApril 2, 2023Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Government, Matthew 22, Taxes, Pharisees, Politics, Political power, Humility, Submission, Persecution, Oppression

Reading the Bible & Missing the Point

There is a way to read the Bible and entirely miss the point and the application to our own lives.

Too Fast to Find Fault

Does the fact that Jesus came to save sinners relieve you or repulse you?

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeMay 1, 2022Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Matthew, Matthew 9, Pharisees, Hypocrisy, Fault-finders, Fasting, Sinners, Sin, Salvation, Forgiveness, Great Commission, Evanglism, Discipleship