God's Unchanging Purpose

If you don’t believe God cares, where can you anchor your hope?

Sermons, Matthew Raley, Whole Bible in Ten PagesChristopher RaleyFebruary 10, 2019Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, hope, God's Plan, God's Promises, God's Love, Oath, Abraham, Doubt, Hebrews 6, Hebrews

Imitating Abraham

Who do you look to as your model of faith and endurance?

Sermons, Matthew Raley, Whole Bible in Ten PagesChristopher RaleyFebruary 6, 2019Suffering, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Abraham, Imitation, Learning, Faith, Endurance, Hebrews, Hebrews 6, God's Promises, Genesis 22

When the Harvest is Weeds

Where do your righteousness and good works come from?

Sermons, Matthew Raley, Whole Bible in Ten PagesChristopher RaleyJanuary 20, 2019Suffering, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Whole Bible in Ten Pages, Apostasy, perseverance, Hope, Legalism, Warning, Hebrews 6

Worship Christ in Public

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

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesChristopher RaleyNovember 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 PagesChristopher RaleyOctober 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 PagesChristopher RaleyOctober 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 PagesChristopher RaleyOctober 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 PagesChristopher RaleyOctober 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 PagesChristopher RaleySeptember 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 PagesChristopher RaleySeptember 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 PagesChristopher RaleySeptember 9, 2018Faith, persecution, perseverance, emotions

Yielding to God

In an operating room everyone present knows what needs to happen and how it's going to happen, but what happens if the surgeon doesn't show up?

Sermons, Whole Bible in Ten PagesChristopher RaleySeptember 2, 2018