Hope Gatesville

Did you know that if you aren't a child of God that you are a child of the devil? That's what John tells us in this passage. John also commands us to "SEE!" the great love that God has for us, do you see it? In this teaching you will get to explore the reality of the new (or spiritual) birth and how this changes us. You will also learn that anyone who regularly practices sin does not belong to God...

How are we to know that God will receive us when He returns? The answer is simple, if we abide in Christ in the present we will have confidence when He returns. In this teaching Kyle Truman shares some basic principles concerning the return of Christ and how we are to be prepared for Christ's arrival.

What are antichrists? Does this have anything to do with the big bad nasty antichrist of the last days? Are we in the last days? How does God want us to live our lives today?  In this teaching Kyle Truman takes us through 1 John 2:18-27 and tries to shed light on some of these questions.

So far in John's letter he has told us what we are to love. In today's passage he tells us what not to love.

What do you need to know before you are able to obey all the commands that John is saying we have to obey? In these three verses John gives a simple answer to this question.

The content of John's letter is very applicable to many modern day questions and assumptions that many people in our world are asking today.  In this passage the Apostle John is helping his readers figure out how to sort through some of the confusing things that they were being taught be different groups of people. John issues several tests that people should submit themselves to to see if th...

When you sin what do you do with it? Most people do one of two things when they sin. They either disregard it and don't worry about  it or they are cast down with guilt and shame and are unable to move on in life. How are we supposed to handle our failures?  In this teaching from 1 John 2:1-2 Kyle Truman sheds some light on this question.

In this teaching, brother Joe Pierce introduces the Apostle John's first letter and takes us through the first chapter one verse at a time.

I sure am glad that God doesn't answer prayer! In this teaching, guest speaker Bruce Cadle shares with us why he is glad that God doesn't always give us what we ask Him for. This teaching is based on a story found in Luke 22:39-46.

What does prayer do for God? In this teaching from Revelation 5:5-10 and 8:1-5 Pastor Kyle will shed some light on this question.  Other passages referenced include Lev 30:7-8, Ex 30:34-36, Lev 16:11-14, Psalm 141:1, and Mal 1:11.

In this teaching from Matt 6:5-9 and Matt 7:7-11 Pastor Kyle breaks down some of the basics of prayer. In these passages Jesus points out several ways that our prayers miss the mark. Jesus teaches us that our prayers will be heard because we have a good, loving, sovereign, powerful Father in Heaven who already knows what we need before we ask Him.

Someone asked me recently "Is there a right way to pray?" The answer to that question is "Yes!" In this teaching Kyle Truman takes us through Luke 18:1-8 where Jesus tells us a story about a woman who is the victim of great injustice. Jesus tells us this story because he wants us to understand that we ought always to pray and not lose heart. 

In this teaching Pastor Kyle unpacks Mark 16:9-20. This passage contains the account of two different appearances of Jesus after He rose from the dead. When the people who saw Him told others no one believed them. Jesus soon showed up and set the record straight.  What Jesus says after this changes everything!

Thomas Arnold who is the chair of modern history at Oxford says  “I have been used for many years to study the histories of other times, and to examine and weigh the evidence of those who have written about them, and I know of no one fact in the history of mankind which is proved by better and fuller evidence of every sort, to the understanding of a fair inquirer, than the great sign which Go...

Jesus breathed his last and was buried. When Jesus died the veil in the temple was torn in two. It was no longer needed, He (Jesus) actually became the veil (curtain). This means that you no longer had to be an important religious leader to experience the presence of God. This means that all people can know God, even the Roman Centurion, women, and rich people. This teaching is based on Mark 15:34...

The guards, the bystanders, the religious leaders, and the other criminals all mock Jesus. Jesus tries to carry His cross to the hill but is unable. The nails are driven through His hands and His feet. He suffers. There is darkness over the whole land from noon to 3 p.m. In this teaching from Mark 16-33 Pastor Kyle examines the sufferings of Jesus. His body was broken, His blood was poured out for...

It is Friday morning. Jesus will die on the cross this afternoon. In Mark 15:1-15 Jesus stands before the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate. Pilate finds no guilt in Jesus, but the people want Him dead. Pilate decides to play politics. He lets a murderer go and sentences Jesus to death on a cross. In this passage Jesus’ sufferings increase. He will soon breathe his last, experiencing the full wrath of...

Peter was one of Jesus’ closest followers. In this episode we learn the story of how someone like Peter quickly gave in to fear and pressure to the point where he denied even knowing Jesus. This stuff really does happen. We all do it. How do we handle things when we mess it all up? What is the right way to move on when we realize how far we have fallen away from God? There is good news for people...

In this episode Pastor Ray Brickhouse takes us through Mark 14:43-65 where Jesus is arrested and goes on trial before the religious leaders. In this passage Jesus tells the leaders that He is the Christ and that they will see Him seated at the right hand of God and returning with the clouds of heaven. At this the leaders condemned Him and began to beat Him. Pastor Ray asks us to consider our own p...

It's the day before Jesus is crucified, He has His disciples prepare the Passover meal, only this time, it's not the Passover meal. This last supper that Jesus has with His disciples is something that Christians are still doing today and it is all about Jesus and what He has done for us in the new covenant. Please listen in and see how Jesus makes Himself available to us as we meet Him at His tabl...

A lady poured over $25,000 worth of perfume on Jesus. In a radical display of sacrifice she let go of something that was precious and costly to her and her family. This display of love and gratitude shows the worth that she placed upon her Lord.  In this teaching on Mark 14:1-11 Pastor Kyle challenges us to surrender our lives completely to Jesus. God is calling us to gaze upon the face of Jesus a...

In this fifth teaching from the Old Testament we see how God was sovereignly preparing His people for Jesus the Messiah. In 1 Kings 8:22-53 King Solomon leads the people in a prayer of dedication as they begin worship at the new Temple. In this teaching there are many lessons on prayer. You will see how God dwells with us and in Heaven. You will also see how God forgives sin and why sacrifice is n...

In this teaching, Joe Pierce calls us to look into the true nature of sin, judgment, and sacrifice. We also see that God's redemptive narrative progresses into a new chapter as David purchases the land where the Temple will soon be built. This teaching is based on 2 Samuel 24.

In a few weeks Jesus is going to die and rise from the dead (Good Friday/Easter). This plan was no accident! For thousands of years throughout the Old Testament we see God preparing His people for Jesus and His work on our behalf. In this teaching Pastor Kyle examines Leviticus 16 and the idea of atonement to prepare us for what is about to happen.

God rescues people so that He can dwell with them. Ever since sin came into God's creation God has been working to restore and reconcile all of creation to Himself. In this teaching from Exodus 40, Kyle Truman shows how God dwelled among His people Israel after He rescued them from slavery in Egypt.  He wants to dwell with you too, and He has done everything necessary so that you can be close to H...