Hosanna Christian Fellowship
by Pastor Nathan Hamre
Welcome to Hosanna Christian Fellowship's podcast! Join us in knowing the truth, living the truth, and sharing the truth as Pastor Nathan teaches through the Bible verse by verse.New episodes are released every week on Monday.
Episodes
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Desperate for God | Psalm 42
What is a true and living faith? Faith is an integral part of the life of every Christian. By faith we are saved and by faith we continue as we follow the Lord our God. But there is a difference between a faith that merely believes in God and a faith with the power to transform our lives into the...
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The Plagues: When the Ash Falls | Exodus 9:8012
The same fire the hardens clay will purify gold. During the first five plagues over the land of Egypt that displayed God's power and judgement over Egypt for their oppression of God's people, each time Pharoah hardened his own heart and refused to obey the Lord God and let the Hebrews go. As the...
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The Plagues: Going After the Sacred Cow | Exodus 9:1-7
What are you stalling for? God sent the first four plagues on Egypt as warning shots, attacking the comforts of the prosperous kingdom and showing himself more powerful than the false gods they worshiped. And all long God's message didn't change as Moses declared to Pharoah to let God's people…
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The Plagues: When God Draws the Line | Exodus 8:20-32
Partial obedience is still disobedience. The fourth plague on Egypt brought swarms of flies throughout the land. But this time God did something different. While the flies swarmed into the homes of all the Egyptian officials and Pharoah himself, not a single fly was seen in the land of Goshen,...
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A Message from Steven Paez | Proverbs 24:11 Evangelism First Outreach
What does it mean to be Pro-Life? Political rhetoric can paint a confusing story about life and death issues, but the numbers don't lie. The number of children killed by abortion in the U.S. is higher than ever. This week we hear a special message from Pro-Life Missionary Steven Paez of Proverbs...
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The Plagues: The Finger of God | Exodus 8:16-19
What do you do when everything seems against you? God has stretched out His arm against Egypt to free His people from their bondage by striking the Nile River and overrunning the land with frogs. But Pharoah still hardened his heart and refused to let the Hebrews go. Next God will turn to the...
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The Plagues: Frogmageddon | Exodus 8:1-15
What are you putting off to tomorrow? The battle for the freedom of God's people has begun. After God turned the Nile River to blood, causing great suffering throughout Egypt for seven days, Pharaoh still hardened his heart and refused to let the Hebrews go. God next sent a plague of frogs…
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Isaiah's Vindication of the Gospel | Mark 1, Isaiah 40
Are the Old and New Testaments two different stories? Some people treat the Old and New Testaments of the Bible as if they were two different accounts of two different religions, even going so far as to say the God of the Old Testament isn't the same as the God of the New Testament. But a close...
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The Plagues: River of Blood | Exodus 7:14-25
Are you trusting in the world or in God? When Moses and Aaron first went before Pharaoh on behalf of the Lord God and told Pharaoh to let God's people go to worship Him in the wilderness, Pharaoh scoffed "Who is the Lord that I should obey him?" Now, in response to Pharaoh's hardened heart, God...
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The Hardest Hearts Break In Surrender | Exodus 7:8-13
Don't harden you heart! After chapters of making excuses and challenging God's commands, Moses is finally ready to obey without question. With nothing but the staff in his hand, Moses and Aaron go before Pharaoh on behalf of God's people and perform a display of God's power. How will Pharaoh...
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How God Reveals His Lordship | Exodus 6:28-7:7
What do we mean when we call God "Lord"? When Moses and Aaron went before Pharoah on behalf of God and told Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go worship their Lord, Pharoah not only refused to let them go, but increased their labor and hardship. In the midst of disappointment, Moses goes back to God...
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What Does God Say About You? | Exodus 6:14-27
What does God say about you? In recording the history of the great work of God to deliver His people from bondage in Egypt, right in the middle of the narrative we get a list of names recording the family line of Levi, son of Jacob. What is the great significance of these names that God would...
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Turn to Him When You Feel Like a Failure | Exodus 5:22-6:13
How do you deal with disappointment? When Pharoah placed heavy burdens on the Israelites, the leaders of the people sought relief from their burdens from Pharoah, and found none. In their frustration they then turned to Moses and Aaron, blaming the brothers for their increased suffering. When it...
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Your Captor is not Your Liberator | Exodus 5:10-21
When the fires of life rage, who do you turn to for relief? Despite his objections, Moses followed the calling of God and went before the most powerful man in Egypt to command him to free the children of Israel--God's people--from bondage. But Pharoah not only refused to release the Hebrews, he...
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The Most Important Question | Exodus 5:1-9
Who is the Lord to you? After God revealed His plan to Moses to bring the Hebrew people out of their bondage and toil in Egypt, and after Moses and Aaron met with the elders of the Hebrews and they worshipped God together for the work that God hadn't done yet, it was finally time for Moses and...
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The Go After the Glow | Exodus 4:18-31
How do you live after an encounter with the Living God? Moses had a personal encounter with the living God as God sent Moses to lead the children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. But when Moses comes down from the mountain, away from the glow of the burning bush, and back into his everyday...
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Excuses, Excuses, Excuses | Exodus 3:16-4:17
What's your excuse? God showed up to Moses in a miraculous way, and placed a call on Moses's life to be God's representative to free the children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. But Moses's objections before the burning bush are closer to excuses than actual questions of clarification.…
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God Is, So We Don't Have To Be | Exodus 3:9-15
Do you feel like you're in over your head? Decades after Moses tried and failed to help his people in slavery, God appeared to Moses in a miraculous way, as a flame within a bush that was not consumed. In this encounter, God revealed to Moses that He had heard the cry of Israel and had come down…
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What to do When the Bush is Burning | Exodus 3:1-10
Do you ever feel stuck in an ordinary life? For 40 years, Moses lived in obscurity, as a husband and father and shepherd in the desert of Midian. But God wasn't done with Moses, and He hadn't forgotten the cry of His people in bondage in Egypt. So one ordinary day, God showed up in Moses's life…
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Dads are a Special Gift | Proverbs 3:11-12
Don't discount the little things. As time goes on statistics are proving again and again the important role that a father plays within his family and within society. And it's a role that has come under attack again and again. This Father's Day we take a break from Exodus to give an encouraging…
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The Man Who Looked the Wrong Way | Exodus 2:11-22
Time in the wilderness isn't wasted. Having found salvation from death and slavery by the faith of his parents, Moses grew up in the highest positions in Egypt, learning all the knowledge and wisdom of the earthly kingdom. But when Moses sets out to help his fellow Hebrews in his own wisdom and...
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Life Has No Dress Rehearsal | Exodus 2:1-10
God is still working when every decision we make is a hard one. As the Hebrew population grew in Egypt, the pharaoh enslaved the children of Israel to keep them from rising up and joining Egypt's enemies. But despite their toils, the population continued to grow. And when subterfuge failed to…
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Prayer Under Pressure | Exodus 1:8-22
Are the pressures of life getting the best of you? Jacob's family numbered 70 people when they settled in the land of Goshen in Egypt. Though Jacob and his sons all died in Goshen, God blessed the children of Israel and caused them to grow and multiply in Egypt. Times were good until a pharaoh…
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Hosanna's 50th Anniversary Service
Hosanna turned 50! Come celebrate 50 years of ministry at Hosanna Christian Fellowship. This week we look back on the work that the Lord has done through the eyes of pastors and leaders who have served in the church and in the community. Come take a walk with us down memory lane, as we praise the...
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Saved for God's Glory | Exodus 1:1-7
The story of salvation continues! Genesis ended with Jacob's family moving to Egypt to escape the famine in the land of Canaan. And Exodus begins without skipping a beat, picking up right where Genesis left off. Though they have different names, these books are not two separate stories but one...
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An Example of Motherhood | Ruth 1
The book of Ruth recounts the story of how Boaz becomes the kinsman redeemer for Ruth and how they fit into the family line of King David. But long before their marriage, the widowed Ruth chose to leave her home in Moab to follow her Jewish mother-in-law, Naomi, back to the land of promise. What...
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Jesus: I AM the Light of the World | John 8:12
What does it mean to be the of the world? In the beginning God called the light into existence and that light shone over an unformed and chaotic earth. Two thousand years ago, Jesus proclaimed "I am the light of the world." It may seem obvious that Jesus was teaching us that He brings light into…
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Messiah in Genesis | Genesis 3:14-15
It's all about Jesus! Genesis is the book of beginnings. It teaches us the origin of the universe, of men and women, of societies and governments, of sin and evil, and the very first mention of the good news of the gospel. God established His plan of salvation before the universe was formed, and...
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What do you desire?
What do you desire? It should be an easy question. We should all know what we want. But in a broken and sin-cursed world, what do we do when faced with desires for ungodly things? Or struggle to desire what is good and matters most? This week Pastor Ron shares a message with us on the importance…
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Church and Jews | A message from David Tal
Has God given up on Israel? As we studied through Genesis over the past two years, we read and studied about God's call on the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We saw God make promises to the patriarchs, and set aside Jacob, who was renamed Israel, to be His people and bear His name as a light...
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He Got Up | 1 Peter 1:3-5 | Easter 2026
He is Risen! Has the routine of life on earth blocked the glory of the gospel--Jesus is alive! He has conquered death and invites us to eternal life if we come to Him. This Easter morning we celebrated the resurrection of our Savior as we looked at the gifts that the empty tomb has given us to…
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Who Has Believed? | Isaiah 53 | Good Friday with John Stephens
Join us this Good Friday as John Stephens shares a message on prophecy and the cross from Isaiah 53.
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When The King Rides In | John 12:12-19
Who is the King of your life? It's the beginning of Holy week, and in preparation of remembering the death and celebrating the resurrection of our Savior we come to a familiar story of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where He proclaimed Himself Messiah and King of Israel. But just as…
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Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve | Joshua 24:15
Who do you serve? In our modern culture where the idea of volunteering means helping out if and when it's convenient for us, have we lost touch with what the Bible means when it calls us to serve God with our whole lives? This week we look at what Joshua meant when he encouraged the Israelites to...
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Joseph: Life Viewed from the End | Genesis 49:29-50:26
Are you ready to die? Since death entered creation at the fall of man in Genesis 3, men and women of faith have had to wrestle with how to live by faith in the light of death. As Jacob came to the end of his life, after he blesses his sons, he makes one final request to be buried with his fathers...
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Jacob: Last Will and Testament Part 2
God's plan is a plan of blessing! When God created man and woman, he blessed them. And when God called Abraham, he promised blessing on his offspring and on the whole world through his offspring. As Abraham's grandson, Jacob approaches the end of this life, he calls his sons to him to bless them,...
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Jacob: Last Will and Testament Part 1 | Genesis 49:1-12
What do the dying words of man who lived 4000 years ago have to do with us today? Jacob's life was full of ups and downs, blessing and heart break, trials and victories. At the end of his life, his twelve sons came to him to hear his last words. After such a long life, what parting words does…
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Joseph: The Crossed Hands of Blessing | Genesis 48:1-22
What lessons are we leaving for our children? Many years after being reunited with his father, Joseph hears word that Jacob's health is failing and the end of his life is near. So Joseph hurries to this father's bedside with his two sons, seeking a blessing from Jacob. But after many years of...
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Joseph: Prosperity That Really Counts | Genesis 47:1-31
Is it possible to be prosperous without being ruled by riches? Jacob and Joseph have finally been reunited! Jacob has made the move with all of his family down into Egypt to survive the severe famine. But as pharaoh's dreams had foretold, there are still 5 years left before the famine will end.…
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Joseph: Waiting For Information | Genesis 46:1-34
What's the first thing you do when facing a big decision? Jacob has received great news: his beloved son Joseph is alive and a ruler in Egypt! And with the severe famine in the land, Joseph has invited his father and the whole family to live in Egypt where food is abundant. But going to Egypt…
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Joseph: When The Wagons Arrive | Genesis 45:16-28
Are you finding it hard to hope after years of disappointment? Jacob did too. While his sons had reconciled back in Egypt, Jacob remained in Canaan, in the middle of a great famine, uncertain whether any of his sons would return to him. When they finally do return with news that Joseph is alive,...
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Joseph: The 3 R's of Reconciliation | Genesis 45:1-15
What's the sound of reconciliation? Joseph has tested his brothers and found out how they have changed in the twenty years since they sold him away to Egypt. As Judah offers himself to take the punishment in place of Benjamin, Joseph can no longer keep his true identity from his brothers. When…
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Joseph: How to Approach God | Genesis 44:1-34
God is in the business of transforming lives! Twice now Joseph's brother have met him in Egypt without recognizing him as their brother. Without knowing whether his brothers have changed over the last two decades, Joseph recreates the circumstances which led to his brothers' initial betrayal to...
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Joseph: Mercy for the Guilty | Genesis 43:1-34
Revenge is human. Mercy is divine. When Joseph's brothers first came to Egypt to buy grain, Joseph set a test for them: bring your youngest brother, Benjamin, with you next time or you will never buy grain from Egypt again. As time passes and the famine in Canaan continues, Jacob is reluctantly...
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Better Together | Hebrews 10:23-25
Happy New Year! Join us this week as we look back on God's faithful work last year and look ahead to the opportunities in front of us in the new year. We'll read in Hebrews 10 for three points of direction to guide us in 2026. And as we study what it means that we are all family in Christ Jesus,...
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The Gift | Matthew 2 | Christmas 2025
Merry Christmas! Join us in this bonus episode as we take a look at the first Christmas gifts ever given. Together we'll read from Matthew Chapter 2 and examine who gave the gifts and what the gifts symbolized for the first Christmas and for today.
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Joseph: How God Wakes Us Up | Genesis 42:1-38
Guilt only grows heavier the longer we hide it. The sons of Jacob have lived for over 20 years carrying the secret guilt of selling away their brother into slavery in Egypt and letting Jacob believe his beloved son Joseph was dead. Then a terrible famine threatens the lives of Jacob and his...
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Joseph: The Timing of Silent Nights | Genesis 41:1-57
The night may be silent, but God hasn't stopped moving! Joseph has been forgotten in an Egyptian prison for two years, betrayed by family and wrongfully accused and imprisoned, but not abandoned by God. While Joseph remains faithful to serve God even in prison, unknown to him, God has begun…
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Joseph: Forged in the Dungeon | Genesis 40:1-23
God has not forgotten you! What's worse than being sold by your brothers into slavery? Being a slave who is imprisoned for a crime you didn't commit. Yet that's where Joseph finds himself, abandoned by brothers and by masters, but not by God. When two high ranking officials in Pharoah's court are...
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Joseph: Pit, Penthouse, Prison, Presence | Genesis 39:1-23
The Lord is with you. From an earthly perspective, Joseph has become the victim of the sins of his family. After his brothers sold him to slave traders, Joseph finds himself a slave in the house of an Egyptian leader. Far from home, in a strange land that speaks a strange language and worships...
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Welcome to Hosanna Christian Fellowship's podcast! Join us in knowing the truth, living the truth, and sharing the truth as Pastor Nathan teaches through the Bible verse by verse.New episodes are released every week on Monday.
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