Life in the Presence of God

God delights to dwell with his people and his people delight to dwell with him.

The Blueprint for God's City

The Bible's big story can be broken down into a simple four-part outline.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeOctober 15, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, City of God, New Creation, Creation, Redemption, Fall, Biblical Theology

A Future World

The entrance of sin into Eden never diminished God’s desire to dwell with man.

Heath JarrettLiving HopeOctober 15, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, New Creation, New Heaven, New Earth, Revelation 21, Tabernacle, Second Coming

Heavenly City, Holy People

Through the Gospel, God is preparing a people for a city.

Sermons, Heath Jarrett, Revelation 21Living HopeOctober 6, 2024Revelation 21, Heaven, New Heaven, New Earth, Isaiah 1, Isaiah 52, Hebrews 11, Hebrews 12, Hebrews 13, New Jerusalem, Holiness, Mt. Zion, Revelation 21:2, Bride of Christ

Sojourning in Sodom

We live in dark times, of that there is little doubt. But the call of the Christian has not changed.

Laurie MathersLiving HopeSeptember 30, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Jonathan Edwards, Charity and Its Fruits, Darkness, Kingdom of Heaven, Heaven, Salvation, Great Commission, Light of the World, Light in the Darkness, Church History

A New Creation

God's promise of a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwell should change how we live here and now.

Sermons, Heath JarrettLiving HopeSeptember 29, 2024Revelation, Revelation 21, Heaven, New Creation, New Earth, Isaiah 65, Isaiah 54, God's Promises, Holiness, Evangelism, 2 Peter 3, Isaiah 66, Bible Prophecy, Biblical Interpretation

Joy of the Lord

How can I experience the joy of the Lord?

Laurie MathersLiving HopeSeptember 25, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, Joy, Repentance, Salvation, Ezra, Nehemiah 8:10, Luke 15:10, Rejoicing, Strength, Hope, Miracles

The Force in Wilberforce

William Wilberforce believed the life God had given him must not be squandered, and he lived it with joy.

Paul MathersLiving HopeSeptember 25, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel, William Wilberforce, Church History, Joy

The Wellspring of Joy

What can bring us through both our mountaintop experiences and the dark nights of our soul?

Sermons, Paul MathersLiving HopeSeptember 22, 2024Joy, John 17, Joy of the Lord, Nehemiah 8:10, John 17:13, Hope, Salvation

Shepherds After God's Heart (Part 2)

As the ministers go, so go the people.

Living HopeSeptember 17, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel

Salvation, Submission & Suffering

God exalts himself in our salvation and we exalt him as we follow the example of Christ, submitting to authority even when it means suffering unjustly

Sermons, 1 Peter, Heath JarrettLiving HopeSeptember 15, 20241 Peter, Suffering, Christian Suffering, Humility, Government, Honor, Politics, Submission, Glory, Glorifying God, Salvation, Assurance of Salvation, Salvation by Faith, Culture wars, Gospel

Shepherds After God's Heart, Part 1

Far too often, the pulpits of our day, as in days of old, are in desperate need of reform.

Living HopeSeptember 9, 2024Christianity, Living Hope Chico, Chico Living Hope, Gospel