Saints‘ Hill Church Podcast

This last Sunday Alex taught us through the passage in Luke 3 where we read about Jesus’ baptism and the invitation to participate in the kingdom of God. Baptism is the washing off of the old life and covenant for the new land God has for humanity. This is why Jesus asks us to be baptized — it changes your identity. Water baptism is the prophetic act that you are dead to sin alive to Christ. It’s...

This last Sunday we looked at the story of Jesus in the temple as a child in Luke 2. All throughout the book of Luke, we’re watching Jesus model how to be a human in relationship with God. In this specific story He’s showing us what it looks like to be a child of God.  Even as a child, Jesus knew where His home was. His home was in His Father’s Presence. In that day, the temple is where you would...

This last Sunday we picked back up in our Luke series, with the story of Anna and Simeon hearing from God. As we worked through this story in Luke 2, our aim was to answer these questions: Can someone hear from God? What would God tell them? What would happen if He did speak? Throughout the Scriptures we see two different words for “word” in the Greek. Logos referring to the written word and Rhema...

This last Sunday we kicked off the New Year with a message from Alex Rettmann on where we’re headed this year as a church family. At the beginning of every year we take time to ask what God might be saying over us as a church specifically for the coming year. What we felt collectively was that 2022 will be the year of why. We believe that the best way to get ready for the new thing God is doing is...

On Sunday we had our Christmas gathering where Alex taught us through Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth, this good news that would bring great joy for all people. The coming of the Messiah is good news, not just a good story. It’s good news because we need it. What we understand from the Scriptures is that humans were designed to be close to God and free but now they are far and enslaved from worship...

This last Sunday Bria taught us through the passage in Luke 1 where the angel Gabriel appears to Mary. The lesson that we learn from this story is one of identity and blessing. The angel appeared to Mary and called her highly favored before he even spoke of her calling/mission. Identity and favor come before calling and responsibility. We steward the favor of God by believing what He says about us...

On Sunday we began a new series that will take us on a long journey through the book of Luke. We picked this book because out of all the gospels, Luke takes the most detailed look at Jesus. Luke’s gospel is all about the Kingdom existing because the King is here. Many know Jesus primarily as Savior or as Teacher, but we want to take a look at Jesus as a model. We believe Jesus was a model of what...

On Sunday Jake Vigil wrapped up our series on the Gospel. The word gospel means good news, and most people have heard of this news, but they don’t know how good it is. Jake’s encouragement to our family is that we will be the people who put the good back in the good news by the way we live. We were created to expand Eden through the things we put our hands to, our work. We were created to co-labor...

This last Sunday we heard from Alex Rettmann on what the journey of discipleship looks like for the believer. The journey is one of breakthrough and process. The process of discipleship is about becoming a child again through the exchanging of fear for freedom through seeing God accurately. It’s a happy journey of glory to glory - walking in the delight of a paid for reality with a father who cele...

On Sunday, Alex gave a message on the Atonement - what it is, why we needed it, how God did it, and what that means for us practically. Before Jesus, sacrifices were offered in an effort to deal with sin and make people right with God. But no sacrifice was effective enough to remove sin and make perfect people. In Titus 3v3-7 it says, “He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the...

This last Sunday we heard from Mariah Fredericks as we began a mini series on the gospel. We like the image of the gospel as a diamond that refracts light and beauty when spun around and looked at from different angles. Last night we spun the diamond to see what Jesus meant when He announced the good news of the coming of God’s Kingdom. All throughout the narrative of the Scriptures we see God try...

This last Sunday we wrapped up our Spiritual Warfare series with a message on dealing with the demonic. Throughout this series we’ve seen that most of spiritual warfare is very ordinary - it’s the daily battle for truth in our minds. But what happens when we encounter a demon? Alex first pointed us to our job description as Christians that we see throughout the New Testament and in Jesus’ life: to...

Since the beginning we see that it is our agreement with the serpent that empowers hell on earth. The essence of spiritual warfare is all about what you think. This is why there is the invitation to daily have our minds renewed by The Lord. This past Sunday, Alex Rettmann continued with Part 3 in the Spiritual Warfare series. We are reminded that a major part of spiritual warfare has to do with ou...

This last Sunday we continued in our series on spiritual warfare. Alex taught on the three enemies of the Christian: The world, building project self. The flesh, trying to find significance outside of God. The devil, through deception, accusation, and temptation. Spiritual warfare, at its core, is the battle for the mind. Will God’s people think correctly about Him and His world and in doing so fl...

This last Sunday we began our series on Spiritual Warfare. In this first teaching, Alex laid out for us what it means to have a supernatural worldview. All the way back in Genesis we see that God’s connection to creation brings about purpose, and God’s disconnection with creation brings about chaos. The truth about what happened in the garden is this: the serpent, a heavenly ruler, wanted the huma...

This last Sunday Jake Vigil wrapped up our fall vision series with an identity reminding, gospel centered message. Every human has an invitation to leave a legacy. You are either leaving a legacy of earth, or, when you put your faith in Jesus, joyfully leaving a legacy of heaven. Jake reminded us that the only way for us to truly leave a legacy of heaven is to become a people of faith. Faith is th...

On Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from one of our elders, Jim Traut. For Jim, leaving a legacy of heaven is about loving God with all your heart, soul, and mind - fully surrendered. Jim is a profound example of someone who has chosen to live completely surrendered to God all the days of his life. And the message of Jim's life: that God is good, He is faithful, and you can trust Him with ev...

This last Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from one of our elders, Andoni. For his children’s children, Andoni has this charge in his heart - to leave a legacy of heaven. Whatever we believe in will determine what we leave behind. When we look at John 14:6 we see that the way is a person. The truth is a person. Life is a person.  It starts with belief. Believing Jesus is who He says He is, a...

This last Sunday we continued in our Fall Vision series, where we revisit some of our core values. This year we’re focusing in on what it means to leave a legacy of heaven. For those who will come after us here in Newberg, their inheritance will be related to what our belief in God produced…specifically the revelation we carried & the breakthrough we walked in. As a family we are committed to hand...

This last Sunday we kicked off our fall vision series, where we spend time revisiting and contemplating the foundation of Saints’ Hill Church. One of our core values at Saints’ Hill is that we have the privilege of leaving a legacy of heaven. How do we live lives that are worth inheriting? In this teaching Alex shows us how our obedience, attention, and thankfulness are the keys to living a life o...

This last Sunday we wrapped up our mini series, “Why the Church?” In this final week Alex walked us through what it means to be the Confessing Church. In this culturally strenuous time the Church finds her resistance through faithfulness to the truth. The goal at hand for the Church is not winning the culture war…it’s the same goal we’ve had from the beginning - reconciliation. Be strengthened in...

This past Sunday, Alex continued in a three part series called: Why the Church?- A series that will give three reasons and responses to this big question.  In 1 Peter we find a cosmic explanation of what the Church is. We see that the Church is built through people! Believers that come to him and make a space for The Lord to be hosted. These believers are a royal priesthood continually giving Yahw...

This past Sunday, Alex started a three part series called: Why the Church? - A series that will give three reasons and responses to this big question. In light of a pandemic; What is the purpose of the Church? Is there a need for the gathering of believers? Can you get everything you "need" from church elsewhere? And ultimately, why does the Church matter to you? -- We walked through Ephesians 4 t...

This last Sunday Alex Rettmann talked about the identity of the church found in the Scriptures and how Saints’ Hill operates within that identity. The “mood” of Saints Hill is a mood of faith. People living from deep faith and experiencing joy, hope, peace, and power. This mood is not random though, it is a result of people knowing and holding onto the truth. -- It’s about a people who are committ...

This last Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from Mariah Fredericks on Jesus’ reinstatement of Peter and what that means for us. Sometimes when we see the glory of God do miraculous things we can be tempted to go back to what we know is safe and familiar out of fear or insecurity. But as we saw with Peter, it is our job as sons and daughters to remember who He is and therefore who we are. From...