Hope Church - Fort Worth, TX

In this episode of the Three C Podcast, Pastor Matt Sturdevant continues the church's series through Romans with a sermon on Romans 6 titled "The New Life: Dead to Sin, Alive to Christ." The central big idea is that grace doesn't give us permission to keep sinning — it gives us the power to live a new life. Pastor Matt walks through four key truths: salvation gives us a new life, we must understan...

Continuing through Romans, Lead Pastor Matt Sturdevant reaches chapter 6 with a question Paul himself anticipates: "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1). The answer is a resounding "by no means." Grace, the pastor explains, is not a license to keep living the old life — it is the very power that makes a new life possible. He draws a clear distinction between justification,...

This episode of the Three C Podcast picks up where the weekend sermon left off, continuing through Romans chapters 3–5 with lead pastor Matt Sturdivant and the Hope Church pastoral team. The big idea from the sermon was clear: we are made right with God by grace through faith, not by works. Matt digs into Romans chapter 4, where Paul uses Abraham as the defining example of justification by faith....

Pastor Matt Sturdevant opens by returning to where last week's message left off — the courtroom of Romans 3, where every mouth is stopped and every person stands guilty before a holy God. But this week, the tone shifts with two of the most hopeful words in all of Scripture: "But now" (Romans 3:21). From there, Pastor Matt walks through seven truths about righteousness, showing that it is apart fro...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant and the pastoral staff of Hope Church gather on the 3C Podcast to reflect on a weighty sermon covering Romans 1:18–3:20, where Paul builds an airtight case that no one — not the openly rebellious, not the moral person, not the religious person — escapes guilt before a holy God. The big idea is clear: everyone is guilty, and no one is beyond the need for grace. The team refle...

Pastor Matt continues his series through the book of Romans by diving into Romans 1:18–3:20, where the apostle Paul holds up a mirror to all of humanity. The reflection isn't flattering. Before we can appreciate the cure, Pastor Matt reminds us, we have to understand the disease — and Paul's diagnosis is clear: everyone is guilty before God, and no one escapes the need for grace. Just as a doctor'...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant opens the 3C Podcast with a deep dive into Romans 1:1-17, laying out four main truths from Paul's introduction: the gospel is from God, it's about Jesus, it's for everyone who believes, and it reveals the righteousness of God. The team reflects personally on three "why it matters" takeaways — understanding the real gospel, personally responding to it, and never being ashamed...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant opens the church's new series through the book of Romans — the final leg of their "Bible in a J.A.R" journey through John, Acts, and Romans — with a clear and compelling introduction to the gospel. Drawing from Romans 1:1–17, he lays out the series' big idea: the gospel isn't simply about salvation; it's about total life transformation. Romans, he explains, is the "why" behi...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant's sermon on the second half of Esther centers on a powerful big idea: faith is not certainty about the outcome, but confidence in God that enables obedience when the outcome is uncertain. Drawing from ten Biblical principles for navigating uncertainty, the pastoral team (Brian Cropp, Jake Myers, Luke Myers, and Jeremy Good) unpack what it looks like to face life's hard momen...

Picking up where last week left off, Pastor Matt Sturdevant continues this two-week series through the book of Esther by shifting the focus from what we believe to how we actually live. The central question he puts before the congregation is this: how do I practically live today in light of God's sovereignty? Using Esther 4:13-16 as his anchor text, Pastor Matt defines faith not as certainty about...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant and the pastoral staff of Hope Church continue their two-week series through the Book of Esther, using the Three C Podcast to go deeper than Sunday morning allowed. The big idea of the series is this: certainty is not knowing what will happen next — it is knowing who  you can trust when you don't know what's coming. The team unpacks three anchoring truths: God is in control...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant opens a two-week series called  Finding Certainty in an Uncertain World  by asking a simple but piercing question: what are  you  uncertain about right now? Whether it's your job, your marriage, your health, your kids, or the economy, Pastor Matt establishes that uncertainty isn't an unusual season of life — it's simply part of life in a broken world. Beneath that uncertaint...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant opened the sermon with a striking passage from C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters , in which the demon Screwtape reassures his apprentice Wormwood not to panic just because their "patient" has become a Christian — because the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in their favor. That sobering image set the tone for the entire message: becoming a follower o...

In the closing message of the "Fully Engaged" series, Pastor Matt brings the six-week journey to a powerful conclusion with a simple but weighty truth: every follower of Jesus has been intentionally placed where they are to represent Christ and help others discover His way. Anchoring the message in the Great Commission from Matthew 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8, Pastor Matt challenges the idea that minist...

In this episode of the Three C Podcast, Pastor Matt Sturdevant and the pastoral staff of Hope Church continue their "Fully Engaged" sermon series by going deeper into the meaning of ministry. Drawing from a definition by Dr. Wilson, Pastor Matt unpacks ministry phrase by phrase: it begins with participating with God , recognizing that God is already at work and invites us to join Him, as seen in 1...

In this fifth week of the "Fully Engaged" series, Pastor Matt steps back to connect the dots of the entire year's journey — from the Gospel of John to the book of Acts — and asks the practical question: what does all of this look like for us, here and now? The answer, he argues, is found in Mark 10:35-45, where Jesus flips the world's definition of greatness upside down. When James and John jockey...

In this episode of the 3C Podcast, host Jeremy and the Hope Church pastoral team — Pastors Brian, Jake Myers, Luke Myers, and lead pastor Matt Sturdevant — recap a busy ministry weekend that included a group leader meeting, a groups catalog launch, a newcomer reception, and an equipping seminar titled  Can I Really Believe?  The seminar walked through three "doors": whether God exists, why Christi...

Pastor Matt opens by addressing one of the most honest questions a believer can ask: if Jesus truly changed my heart, why do I still struggle with the old me? Using Galatians 5:16-25, he makes clear that Paul never pretended the battle doesn't exist. In fact, Pastor Matt argues that the struggle itself can be evidence of new life — because dead people don't fight for spiritual growth, but living p...

What happens when good things become ultimate things? In this episode of  The 3C Podcast , the guys continue the conversation about the heart—why pressure often reveals what's really going on inside us, how our reactions can expose deeper desires, and why we shouldn't "waste the squeeze" when life gets difficult. They also explore some of the hidden idols that can quietly take God's place in our h...

Pastor Matt opens with a vivid image: Jesus doesn't want to be a guest in your life, peeking into only the rooms you're comfortable showing Him. He wants your heart to become His home — every room, every closet, every hidden corner. The heart, as Pastor Matt explains, is not simply the seat of emotions, but the command center of life itself. As Proverbs 4:23 puts it,  "Keep your heart with all vig...

Pastor Matt Sturdevant and the pastoral team at Hope Church gather around the table to dig deeper into Sunday's sermon on winning the battle for the mind. The central text, Romans 12:2, calls believers not to be conformed to the world but to be transformed by the renewing of their minds. As the Phillips translation puts it, "Do not let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let Go...

Pastor Matt opens with a penetrating question: "Could there be a lie influencing your thoughts, attitudes, or decisions that you have never recognized as a lie?" Building on the previous week's foundation of faith, he turns the focus to what comes next in the Christian journey — transformation. Anchoring the message in Romans 12:1-2, he makes the case that God transforms our lives by renewing our...

Pastor Matt and the team at Hope Church launch the 3C Podcast as a companion to their Sunday messages, diving deeper into ideas that didn't fully fit the sermon or deserve more unpacking. The first episode picks up from a message on Biblical faith, built around the big idea that faith is not simply believing the right things about Jesus, but responding to him with a trust that renews the mind, tra...

Pastor Matt opens the  Fully Engaged  series by drawing a striking distinction between people who know the Bible and people who are actually growing in it. After more than twenty years in ministry, he has observed that it is entirely possible to believe all the right things about Jesus — to attend church faithfully, to know sound doctrine — and still never be fully surrendered to Him. To help the...

Christian Impact directors Jacob and Katie Willebeek-LaMair sit down to share their stories of faith, marriage, and ministry. Jacob grew up moving between Arizona, Illinois, and California, making an early decision to follow Jesus as a child but drifting during a difficult middle school season before genuinely recommitting in high school. A pivotal moment came in college when a mentor named Neil h...