Resources — Living Hope Fellowship

Taming the Shrew

Taming the Shrew

When God sees us draped in the perfect righteousness of Christ, he no longer sees a shrew, but his lovely and spotless bride.

Laurie MathersLiving HopeJuly 20, 2021Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Church, Gospel, Sanctification, Repentance, Mercy, Love, Ephesians 2, 2 Corinthians 5, Ephesians 5, Bride of Christ

Righteousness Fulfilled

Righteousness Fulfilled

Why did Jesus need to be baptized?

Three B Churches

Three B Churches

What are you looking for in a church?

Heath JarrettLiving HopeJuly 12, 2021Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Church, Gospel, Great Commission

An Axe to Grind

An Axe to Grind

Can we be saved without repentance?

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeJuly 11, 2021Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Biblical Theology, Biblical Typology, John the Baptist, Prophecy, Preaching, Hypocrisy, repentance, Matthew 3

Branching Out

Branching Out

Our humble Savior is calling us to follow him in humility.

Sermons, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Heath JarrettLiving HopeJuly 4, 2021Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Matthew, Matthew 2, Humility, Isaiah 11, Isaiah 49, Messiah, Obscurity, Nazarene, Salvation

Lord, Lord

Lord, Lord

What does it mean to call Christ “Lord”?

Laurie MathersLiving HopeJuly 4, 2021Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Lord, Obedience, Faith, Essential Christianity, Matthew 7, 1 Jn. 2

Big Screen Jesus

Big Screen Jesus

It really is unimaginable that God would bother with a world so small, let alone become small Himself.

Laurie MathersLiving HopeJune 28, 2021Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Psalm 8, Hebrews 7, Christ, Incarnation, Carl Sagan, Creation, Redemption, Resurrection

Pattern and Fulfillment, Part 2

Pattern and Fulfillment, Part 2

Matthew is very concerned that we recognize Christ as the fulfillment of the Old Testament Scriptures.

Biblical Types

Biblical Types

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

Heath JarrettLiving HopeJune 21, 2021Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Biblical Types, Typology, Biblical Typology, Biblical Theology, Biblical Interpretation, Prophecy, Bible Prophecy, Bible Study

Pattern and Fulfillment

Pattern and Fulfillment

Old Testament quotes in the New Testament are intended to clarify the point, not to obscure it.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeJune 20, 2021Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, G. K. Beale, David Murray, Old Testament Prophecy, Matthew 2, Biblical Theology, Biblical Types, Typology, Biblical Typology, Biblical Interpretation, Hosea 11, Jeremiah 31, Israel

The Portrait of Christ

The Portrait of Christ

Do you have a hard time seeing Jesus in the Old Testament? Do the New Testament’s references to the Old seem obscure?

Laurie MathersLiving HopeJune 14, 2021Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Typology, Biblical Typology, Old Testament Prophecy, Luke 24, 1 Peter 1, Biblical Theology, Biblical Types, Bible Prophecy

Jesus, God's True Son

Jesus, God's True Son

How can Matthew say that Jesus is the fulfillment of Hosea 11:1?

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, The Gospel of the KingdomLiving HopeJune 13, 2021Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Hosea, Hosea 11, Prophecy, Old Testament Prophecy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Theology, Matthew, Matthew 2, Sovereignty of God, Typology, Biblical Typology