Calvary Church Podcast

Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: Phones
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Overview: In this Sunday teaching, Pastor Nate Holdridge continues our Proverbs series by addressing the power and pull of our phones. Drawing on timeless biblical wisdom, Nate outlines a path toward Christ-centered digital habits through three key invitations: stewarding the interior world, practicing private integrity, and being fully present in physical relationships. Using cultural insights, personal stories, and Scripture, this message helps modern believers assess their phone use with clarity, conviction, and hope.

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We’ll dive into building a faith that lasts from Hebrews 12:1-2. Along with a teaching on this powerful passage, we are excited to hear personal testimonies from women in our congregation, as they share stories of God's grace and healing. Invite a friend and join us this Saturday for a time of encouragement and growth in your walk with Christ.

Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: Money
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Overview: In this teaching, Pastor Nate Holdridge explores what Proverbs—and the whole of Scripture—teach about money, wealth, and material possessions. While many assume the Bible views money only as a danger or temptation, Pastor Nate reveals a more balanced and hopeful perspective: material possessions can be good gifts from God for our enjoyment, but they must never take His place in our hearts. Learn how God calls His people to financial wisdom, contentment, and sacrificial generosity as visible expressions of His redemptive work in our lives.

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Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: Friendship
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Overview: In this Sunday Sermon from Calvary Monterey, Pastor Nate Holdridge speaks about the power, necessity, and beauty of gospel-shaped friendship in a world increasingly marked by isolation and disconnection. Drawing from Proverbs and the nature of God Himself, Nate calls believers to pursue friendships that are constant, courageous, refining, and shaped by the love and mission of Christ. Let's be encourage to resist shallow connections and instead build relationships rooted in reverence for God, mutual spiritual growth, and sacrificial love.

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Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: Emotions
Speaker: Matt Kehler

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Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: Work
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Text: Proverbs 10:4-5

Overview: In this Sunday message, Pastor Nate Holdridge explores what Proverbs has to say about our work and careers. With clarity and conviction, he challenges us to see work not merely as a way to pay the bills but as a deeply spiritual act that reflects God’s character. Whether we’re digging ditches, managing teams, or raising children, our work can become a meaningful expression of love, diligence, and integrity. This teaching unpacks how we can view our jobs through God’s wisdom—and how that wisdom can transform our everyday labor into lasting worship.

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Title: Down With The King
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Text: Ephesians 1:15-23

Overview: This Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks through the grand sweep of Scripture to show how Jesus fulfills the centuries-long hope for a true and glorious King. From creation to Christ’s enthronement, this teaching from Ephesians 1:15–23 reminds us that the risen Jesus now reigns with unmatched power and invites us into his expanding kingdom. Discover how your life fits into God’s eternal plan through the reign of King Jesus.

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Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: A Life Built on the Fear of the Lord
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Text: Proverbs 9

Overview: In this Sunday sermon, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks us through Proverbs 9, the final movement in the preamble of Proverbs. He shows us how the fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom and contrasts the invitations of Woman Wisdom and Woman Folly. With compelling illustrations and biblical insights, Pastor Nate invites us to build lives rooted in reverence for God—lives that are receptive to instruction, alive to God’s path, guarded at the heart, and continually drawn to his wisdom. This message offers a powerful call to live more fully in the reality of God’s good design.

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Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: A Tale of Two Voices
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Text: Proverbs 8

Overview: In this week’s Sunday teaching, Pastor Nate Holdridge brings us a narrative sermon from Proverbs 8, where Wisdom herself recounts the long history of her voice—her partnership with God at creation, her battle against the serpent’s lies, and her ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Speaking from the heights, at the crossroads, and within the gates of our lives, Wisdom invites us to heed her voice over the enemy’s deception. This message reveals the tension between two eternal voices and invites listeners to embrace the victorious wisdom of the cross, now alive in the church and destined to reign forever.

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Title: God's Wisdom for a Complex World: For (Sexual) Temptation
Speaker: Nate Holdridge
Text: Proverbs 6:20-7:27

Overview: In this week’s teaching from Proverbs 6:20–7:27, Pastor Nate Holdridge walks us through one of Scripture’s most detailed passages about sexual temptation and the call to wisdom. He highlights how God forms our hearts through his Word, how temptation operates through deception and desire, and how the gospel doesn’t just forgive us but transforms us. This is a message about more than avoiding sin—it’s about embracing the life Jesus came to give.

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