Jason Hovde

Holiness, Sanctification, and Mission Behold, a day is coming for the Lord , when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go…

Refined by Fire The Good News of a Murdered Man The news of a murder is almost always bad news, but: Big Idea: We have salvation because an innocent man died. The Good Shepherd takes the punishment for the bad The ones God loves He refines by fire The ones refined call His name Charlie Kirk: A faithful…

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord…

Biblical Leadership and Biblical Following Big Idea: Leaders must value their followers; Followers must value their leaders I want to talk for a moment about slavery. Do you know that slavery still exists today? Slavery and Human Trafficking is an industry in our world that is alive and well. Of course,…

Prophetic Perfect Big Idea: What God says He will do is as good as done. Questions to ask ourselves: Do we put idols over God? Do People say “God is with them” about us? Are we strong in the Lord and walk in His name? In my study for our passage, I was reminded of a somewhat uncommon grammatical term…

It’s Still All About Jesus Big Idea: The greatest enemies of God have access to the greatest gift of God. God has grace towards His enemies Our window of opportunity is open - for now The promise is for all who receive Christ What if America’s greatest enemies were given citizenship? Suppose our nations…

Who Do You Say I Am? God proves His love for us in the gifts He gives He Gives Us His Image He Gives Us His Salvation He Gives Us Provision He Gives Us Proven Weapons He Gives Us Hope Westminster Catechism: Man’s Chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. Glorify God, enjoy Him forever. Glorify…

Better than Restored I’ve spoken before about our tendency to think nostalgically. A remembrance of the ‘good old days’. Some of us are nostalgic about good old days from before we were ever born. Maybe we see a movie or a TV show like Bonanza or The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie. We think that…

Basket Case Big Idea: A Holy People Must Be Rid of Wickedness (We can either get carried away with our wickedness, or let the Lord carry away our wickedness) Wickedness was our nature Wickedness can be contained Wickedness will be expelled Wicked! Wicked is a word that in some parts of the country means…

Undoing the Curse Big Idea: Our sin brings a curse from God, but there is One who breaks the curse. If you've ever read fairy tales or other fantasy literature or watched princess movies, then you are familiar with what we consider to be a curse and also with the striving to find a way to thwart the…

“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her; that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; that you may drink deeply with delight from her glorious abundance.” For thus says the Lord : “Behold, I will extend…

What Who Grace Is Do you know who said the following? “When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said "Repent", He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” Martin Luther’s 95 theses, that shook the world, began with this. All the other theses were dependent on it. All of his points…

The Apple of God’s Eye Two Big Ideas: Don’t measure to see what God is limited to, He is not limited by our small visions We are to respond to our redemption by breaking free from our bondage And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! Then I said, “Where are you…

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. “The Lord possessed…

Merciful Man in the Myrtles Zechariah 1:7-17 I begin my preaching this morning with 3 verses from the New Testament. Yes, our study is from the Old Testament Prophet Zechariah, but as always, I desire that you see that all of scripture works together to teach us. And none of it ever contradicts each…

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. So, setting…

Big Idea: Christians focus their energy on eternal things. Life does not consist in the abundance of possessions People tend to focus more on their earthly security than on eternal blessings We do not know how long we have in this life, so we are better off preparing for eternal life. Last week: We must…

Big Idea: We must take seriously our need to honor God Acknowledging Christ is to be acknowledged by Him. Many sins can be forgiven, but one cannot The Holy Spirit empowers believers to speak boldly Last week: The leaven of the Pharisees: Hypocrisy. Big Idea: If we properly understand God, we will not…

Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,…

Helping Hannah Kings don’t just show up. Neither do heroes. When a leader comes into power, it didn’t just happen. When a hero comes to save the day just in the nick of time, it didn’t just happen. It may seem coincidence to us, but everything that happens has happened because God has ordained that it…

Recap: dead works External washing vs. Internal generosity Careful tithing vs. justice and love of God Recognition vs. facade Big Idea: Works bring only judgment to those who are spiritually dead Now Jesus turns from the Pharisees and the woes on them to the lawyers (those who claimed to know the law…

Lies that kill and Truths that save What is so important about the Easter story? Why is the resurrection of Jesus so important? Why does it matter anyway? There are many people who don’t feel they need religion, or faith, or even contemplation about life & death. But I tell you this morning that it is…

Undercover Unbeliever Suppose for a moment that a prophet came into our building. This is just a thought exercise, and the point is not whether there are still prophets today as in the Old Testament sense, but just to get you thinking about a response you would have. So let’s pretend for a moment that…

“If you give God the gifts He’s given you, He’ll give you Himself!” Genesis 22:1-19 Have you ever been around a baby or a toddler as they learn to communicate? Early on, before they can really speak through ideas, they make attempts to be part of the world around them. They want to be involved with their…

Big Idea: Works bring only judgment to those who are spiritually dead Three things Jesus addresses: External washing vs. Internal generosity Careful tithing vs. justice and love of God Recognition vs. facade Introduction: The danger of pride in our works, status or otherwise outward persona, such as:…