Enduring Hope
In 2018 we have seen our status come and go, and along with it our sense of peace. But there is one status that we can count on to never change, one source of enduring hope.
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Sermons , Heath Jarrett Living Hope January 2, 2019 Camp Fire , Sovereignty of God , Disaster , Suffering , God's Plan , Living Hope Chico , Chico Living Hope , New Year 2019 , Romans , Romans 5 , Change , peace , Hope
God's Plan for the Gentiles
Why did the gentile wise men know Israel’s king had been born while Israel did not?
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Sermons , Matthew Raley , Advent Now , Advent Now 2018 Living Hope December 23, 2018 Advent , 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 , Gentiles , Israel , salvation , Christmas
God's Plan for Salvation
The “law of secularism” tells us not to talk about God or put any public face on our faith. But when we trust God and break this law, the world around us can see his salvation at work.
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Sermons , Matthew Raley , Advent Now , Advent Now 2018 Living Hope December 16, 2018 Advent , Camp Fire , 2 Chronicles 36 , Magi , Sovereignty of God , Suffering , OLD TESTAMENT , God's Plan , Living Hope Chico , Chico Living Hope , Daniel 6 , Daniel , salvation
God's Plan for Daniel
What do you do when you are suffering through no fault of your own?
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Sermons , Advent Now 2018 Living Hope December 9, 2018 Advent , 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.
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Sermons , Matthew Raley , Advent Now , Advent Now 2018 Living Hope December 2, 2018 Advent , 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?
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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?
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Sermons , Response to the Camp Fire Living Hope November 13, 2018 Disaster , 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?
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Sermons , Whole Bible in Ten Pages Living Hope November 4, 2018 Christ , 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?
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Sermons , Whole Bible in Ten Pages Living Hope October 28, 2018 Falling 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?
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Sermons , Whole Bible in Ten Pages Living Hope October 21, 2018 salvation , 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?
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Sermons , Whole Bible in Ten Pages Living Hope October 14, 2018 Christianity , 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?
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