Emmanuel Church of Hooksett, NH

Doctrines, Part 6: Hope in the Character of God Description: In Part 6 of the Doctrines series, Pastor Eric brings together everything we’ve learned about God’s character and answers a deeply personal question: If God is holy… where does our hope come from? Beginning in Isaiah 6, this message confronts us with the overwhelming holiness of God—a holiness so pure that it exposes our sin completely....

Doctrines, Part 5: The Divine—Sovereignty, Holiness, and the Goodness of God Description: In Part 5 of the Doctrines series, Pastor Eric continues unpacking the nature of God—moving from who God is to how God governs, judges, and loves. Building on the foundation of the divine being, this message focuses on three essential attributes that shape how we understand everything about life, suffering, j...

Doctrines, Part 4: The Divine Being Description: In Part 4 of the Doctrines series, Pastor Eric takes a deep and necessary step into one of the most foundational—and often misunderstood—truths of Scripture: the nature of God Himself. Rooted in Romans 11:33–36, this message explores what makes God truly God. He is not like anything in creation. He is uncreated, eternal, and exists outside of time i...

Podcast Title: Doctrines, Part 3: The Word That Gives Life and Revives the Soul Description: In Part 3 of the Doctrines series, Pastor Eric walks through the power and necessity of the Word of God—not just as information, but as the very source of life, salvation, and ongoing spiritual renewal. Beginning in 1 Peter 1:22–23, this message establishes that eternal life comes through the living and ab...

Title: Doctrines, Part 2 | The Word of God and the God of the Word Podcast Description: In Part 2 of the Doctrines series, Pastor Eric continues laying the foundation for a biblically literate church by focusing on the nature, power, and authority of the Word of God. This message moves from the historical trustworthiness of Scripture to the deeply personal reality of what the Bible actually is: no...

Title: Doctrines, Part 1 | The Bible: Why We Can Trust It Podcast Description: In this opening message of the new Doctrines series, Pastor Eric begins with the foundation of all Christian belief: the Bible itself. Why should we trust Scripture? How was it preserved? Why do Christians believe the 66 books of the Bible are the very Word of God? In this message, Pastor Eric walks through the manuscri...

Let There Be Love — Part 5: Love Your Church Description: In Part 5 of Let There Be Love, Pastor Eric brings the series inward and personal, calling believers to love the local church the way Christ loves His people. This message is not about vague affection for “the church” in the abstract. It is about loving actual brothers and sisters in Christ with humility, patience, forgiveness, sacrifice, a...

Let There Be Love — Part 4: Loving Your Enemies Description: In Part 4 of Let There Be Love, Pastor Eric moves from loving our neighbor to one of the hardest commands in all of Scripture: loving our enemies. This message is deeply practical, deeply convicting, and impossible to live out apart from the power of the Holy Spirit. Starting in Luke 10 and Matthew 5, Pastor Eric revisits the question, “...

Let There Be Love — Part 3: Love Your Neighbor Description: In Part 3 of Let There Be Love, Pastor Eric moves from God’s love for us to the command that flows from it—our love for God and our love for others. Jesus teaches that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. But what does that actually look like in d...

Let There Be Love — Part 2: Breaking Up the Fallow Ground Description: In Part 2 of Let There Be Love, Pastor Eric continues laying the foundation for a biblical understanding of love by returning to the love of God for us. Before believers can rightly love God, love one another, or love a broken world, they must first understand the depth, security, and transforming power of God’s love in Christ....

Sermon Title: Let There Be Love — Part 1: Loving God Description: In this opening message of the Let There Be Love series, Pastor Eric addresses the growing anger, division, and hostility shaping both the culture and the church. Jesus warned that in the last days “because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” In a world filled with outrage, bitterness, and constant conflict, f...

Blessed Are the Merciful Description: In this message from the Sermon on the Mount, Pastor Eric teaches why mercy is both an impossibility in the flesh and a lived reality through Jesus Christ and the daily filling of the Holy Spirit. Mercy doesn’t go to the deserving—by definition it goes to the guilty. And the only way into the Kingdom is through the mercy of God poured out through the cross of...

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (Practice the Presence of God) Description: In Matthew 5:8, Jesus promises something staggering: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” In this message, Pastor Eric explains that “pure” means without mixture — an unmixed heart and a single devotion. We look at the difference between positional purity (what God does for us in salvation) and progressiv...

Blessed Are — Bruises to Blessings Description: In this message from the Blessed Are series, Pastor Eric addresses a bruised and grieving moment in our nation and calls the church to see suffering through the lens of Jesus’ words: “Blessed are you…” Drawing from the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount, he explains that blessing is not the absence of pain but the presence of God’s redeeming purp...

Blessed Are — Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (The Blessing of Humility) Description: In this message from the Blessed Are series, Pastor Eric backs up to the foundation of the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” He explains that “poor” is not material poverty, but spiritual neediness—an honest recognition of our emptiness, our sin, and our inability t...

Blessed Are — Part 1: Blessed Are the Peacemakers Description: In Part 1 of Blessed Are, Pastor Eric opens the series with one of Jesus’ most challenging and misunderstood declarations: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” In a culture marked by outrage, division, and unrestrained anger—even within the church—this message calls believers back to the heart of...

Blessed Are — Part 1: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Description: In Part 1 of Blessed Are, Pastor Eric opens the Beatitudes by slowing down on one of Jesus’ most counterintuitive promises: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). This message clarifies that mourning isn’t only about grief after loss—though Jesus absolutely meets us there. It is also, and most importa...

Description: In Part 16 of Relationships in HD, Pastor Eric turns to one of the most misunderstood aspects of love: discipline. Drawing from his own life as a dad, granddad, and former “strong-willed kid,” he shows how God’s discipline is never random, never petty, and never about venting anger—it is always formative, always purposeful, always rooted in His good will toward His children. Before ta...

Relationships in HD — Part 15: For the Saint and the Sinner Description: In Part 15 of Relationships in HD, Pastor Eric goes to the very foundation of every Christian relationship: whether or not we are truly children of God. Launching from the line, “For the saint and for the sinner… there’s enough grace for the whole wide world,” he confronts a common assumption—that everyone is automatically Go...

Relationships in HD — Part 15: Parenting Like the Father Description: In Part 15 of Relationships in HD, Pastor Eric turns the camera toward the character of God the Father—and shows how His heart, His patience, and His approachability form the pattern for every parent, grandparent, and mentor in the church. This message speaks not only to moms and dads, but to everyone called to disciple the next...

Relationships in HD — Part 13: Parenting with the End in Mind Description: In Part 13 of Relationships in HD, Pastor Eric unpacks what it means to parent—and disciple—with the end in mind. From Titus 2 to Proverbs 22 and Ephesians 6, Scripture shows that biblical parenting isn’t merely about raising compliant kids, but about shaping men and women who love Jesus, think biblically, serve faithfully,...

Relationships in HD — Part 12: Parenting with Christlike Honesty Description: In Part 12 of Relationships in HD, Pastor Eric continues the series with a heartfelt and practical message on honesty in parenting—how truth-telling reflects the very character of Christ and builds the foundation of trust between parent and child. From 1 Peter 2 and Ephesians 4, we see Jesus as both the model and motive...

Relationships in HD — Letters to Our Children (Father’s Day) Description: On Father’s Day, Eric zooms in on one of our most sacred callings: being living letters of Jesus to our kids and the next generation. Before we ever talk parenting strategy, he goes straight to the foundation—reconciliation with God through Jesus. From 2 Corinthians 5, we see what it really means to be “in Christ”: rescued f...

When feelings go quiet, faith keeps moving. In Part 10, Eric traces God’s faithfulness through hard seasons and shows why our relationships thrive only when our goals align with Jesus—His character, His truth, His way. From the gospel’s rescue (John 3:16; Peter sinking and saved) to rock-solid assurance (John 10; “God, who cannot lie”), we’re called to become living letters that people can read (2...

We’re jumping back into Relationships in HD with a foundation talk on connectedness—how a living relationship with God reorders everything: marriage, parenting, friendship, and our witness to a hurting world. Eric unpacks why Jesus at the center isn’t a slogan but a way of life: husbands loving like Christ (Eph. 5), wives honoring, parents reflecting the Father’s heart, and believers resisting a c...