Jason Hovde

Recap from last week; Justice, and only justice Big Idea: God’s people reflect His nature by pursuing justice and righteousness Three points: Delegate Judges Diligently Dodge Deceptive Decisions Drive Divine Justice The context matters. Justice and illegitimate worship are intertwined in this passage.…

Big Idea: God’s people reflect His nature by pursuing justice and righteousness What is justice? If you were to ask different people, you could end up with many ideas about what justice is, but how many of these ideas square with what scripture teaches about justice? Someone might say justice is everyone…

Recap: Moses’ instructions to Israel. Keeping the commandments, including the ordained feast days the Lord has declared. Passover, feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and now feast of weeks. Prior to this, he addressed tithing and the Sabbatical year. Remember the theme through all of these: Enjoy God. Be thankful,…

ACTS MODEL OF PRAYER Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (requests) Paul’s Model of Thanks How can we be thankful in 2026? Do you want to leave here encouraged? It has sometimes been said of me that I use too much scripture in my sermons. So I have heard, so others have reported to me. That’s…

Feast of Weeks/Pentecost “You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain. Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

The Strength We Need Ephesians 3:14-21 Big Idea: We need spiritual strength to fully understand God’s Love The Strength to comprehend The Strength to know The Strength to do You have hear me say this before: I am really bad at favorites. I have a hard time picking favorites. Kids love to ask what your…

Paul Prays with Power The Big Idea: Christians of active faith can have hope in the power of God. For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus…

Proper Patriotism I recently saw an article that listed the many bad things in our nation’s history. The list is true, there are some very evil things that have been done in the name of our nation, just as evil is done sometimes even in God’s name. Yet I was grieved that the list included only the bad,…

Come and See Big Idea: Jesus invites us to come and see; we need to invite others to come and see To those who seek, Jesus says “come and see” To those who believe Jesus says “follow me” To those who are lost, Christians say “come and see” When I am at pastor’s conferences, often we have a name tag that…

In many US States, including ours, there are laws about your right to defend yourself, your property, and others who are in danger from a criminal. These laws are usually called stand your ground laws or the castle doctrine. The castle doctrine states that if someone comes to your property intending…

In many US States, including ours, there are laws about your right to defend yourself, your property, and others who are in danger from a criminal. These laws are usually called stand your ground laws or the castle doctrine. The castle doctrine states that if someone comes to your property intending…

Picture This Big Idea: See yourself as you are, not as you were MRI: We have a Motivation to undergo a Renovation so that we can bring Illumination to the world. How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as a good person or a bad person? Do you see yourself as wealthy or poor? Do you see yourself…

Recap last week: Being careful to worship God’s way. 4 Characteristics of a place to worship God: A place where God is present A place where God’s people gather A place that is different from the world A place of ministry Today’s passage: the warning is reiterated and a new specific sin is articulated:…

Today we are going to talk about something the reformers call the “regulative Principle of Worship.” A very quick explanation of this is that Christians are not to worship God in any way that He himself has not prescribed. In other words, we are not to invent new ways to worship God and we are not use…

A lot of people love to follow preachers and teachers who will tell them that God’s favor is always on the believer. “He loves you no matter what. He loves you just the way you are! His love is unconditional!” You have likely heard something like this at some point. These phrases are heard all the time…

Amazed and Astonished The Power of God in us! Big idea: Christians empowered = communities impacted. An experience that begins a relationship An experience that strengthens a relationship An experience that renews a relationship Everyone has a story of something that happened that impacted a relationship.…