God's Plan for Daniel

What do you do when you are suffering through no fault of your own?

Sermons, Advent Now 2018Living HopeDecember 9, 2018Advent, Christmas, Daniel, magi, OLD TESTAMENT, wise men, WISDOM, Suffering, Camp Fire, Camp Fire Recovery

God's Plan for the Magi

The appearance of the magi in the Christmas story seems strange, but it wasn’t random.

Sermons, Matthew Raley, Advent Now, Advent Now 2018Living HopeDecember 2, 2018Advent, Camp Fire, 2 Chronicles 36, 2 Chronicles, Magi, Sovereignty of God, Disaster, Suffering, Matthew 2, OLD TESTAMENT, God's Plan, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope

Humility Has a Future

What hope can a pastor give who has just lost not only his home, but his entire hometown to the largest fire in California history?

Sermons, Response to the Camp FireLiving HopeNovember 25, 2018Humility, CampFire2018, Suffering, hope, Future, 1 Peter 5, Heath Jarrett

Faith That Endures

On the morning of Thursday, November 8th, many of our congregation awoke to the fire that would burn through the entire town of Paradise, CA in a single day. How can our faith endure in the midst of such devastating loss?

Sermons, Response to the Camp FireLiving HopeNovember 13, 2018Disaster, Camp Fire 2018, COMMUNITY, Hope, 1 Peter, Endurance, perseverance, Faith, Grief, Loss, Fire, Paradise Fire

Worship Christ in Public

What did the Apostle Paul do when he was provoked by the surrounding culture?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeNovember 4, 2018Christ, WORSHIP, EVANGELISM, Christianity, Marketplace, public worship, COMMUNITY, church, Flexibility, Facilities, Acts, Acts 17

When the Break Is Total - Part 2

Are you ever afraid you might have fallen away from Christ?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeOctober 28, 2018Falling Away, Apostasy, Faith, salvation, Hope, Hebrews, False Teaching, OLD TESTAMENT, Holy Spirit, Christ, Christianity, Judaism, Righteousness

When the Break is Total - Part 1

Hebrews says we can outrage the Spirit of grace. Is it really possible to lose our salvation?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeOctober 21, 2018salvation, Hebrews, Apostasy, Falling Away, Faith, Unbelief, Christianity, warning, Israel, Holy Spirit, Trinity, Scripture, Mercy, Grace, Help

When Learning Doesn't Stick

The ABC song is great, but what would you think if you went to college and they were still teaching it there?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeOctober 14, 2018Christianity, Christ, CHURCH, Bible, Growth, Grace, Hebrews, Judaism, Maturity, Change, Evangelicalism, Discernment, Resurrection, FAITH, judgment, Learning

When Maturity is Late

How is your spiritual digestion? What are you taking in? Is it being distributed to your soul? Is it feeding love or something else?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeOctober 7, 2018

When God Is Dull

In a situation of political turmoil and marginalization, when people are frightened for their futures and pressured by the world to conform, why would the author of Hebrews choose to drag an obscure Old Testament figure like Melchizedek into the conversation?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeSeptember 30, 2018Stress, persecution, DECISIONS, Hebrews, Goals

Confidence to be Saved

How can I know if I am saved when I feel like an outsider in church? How can I overcome my lack of confidence in my salvation?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeSeptember 16, 2018assurance, Confidence, salvation, doubt, Hebrews, Old Testament

Confidence to Draw Near

Christians in our culture are under increasing pressure to abandon our confession of faith. In times like these, how can we preserve our emotional stamina?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesLiving HopeSeptember 9, 2018Faith, persecution, perseverance, emotions