The Hope Collective Message Podcast

On the forefront of art, medicine, and government, the city of Pergamum was a cultural powerhouse. Its influence was felt across the ancient world to the point where the church in Pergamum had started to look more like the city than it did Jesus. They believed in Jesus, sure, but that belief wasn't informing their behavior. Jesus' letter to the church in Pergamum is a reminder that following Jesus...

The church of Ephesus had everything going for it: good doctrine, good works, and a rich history. After decades of following Jesus, though, it had lost something: love. The words of Jesus to the church of Ephesus are a call to the church to reclaim the love that it once had for God and for others. It's a call that is answered by remembering who God is and what he has done in our lives. Check out P...

 Social media, movies, and even our music is filled with a message we can all recite: "follow your heart". The problem is that while our heart can tell us what we want, it can't tell us how to live in a way that enjoys God and blesses others. For that, we need the teachings of Jesus and a community of other Jesus-followers who will come alongside us and help us not to "follow our hearts", but...

 Courage is something we admire in others and aspire to in our own lives. What often happens, though, is that we let our stories and circumstances get the better of us and settle for something less than the courage God wants to give us. So what does God-given courage look like and how do we start living out this courage that we've been missing for so long? Join Alpine Chapel for Part Thr...

 Happiness is a tricky thing. We plan and work and sacrifice to get our circumstances right, thinking that the right circumstances will make us happy. But eventually, our circumstances change and so does our happiness. Jesus came to offer us something better than temporary happiness. He came to offer us lasting joy. And the key to that joy is discovering how to delight in God. Check out Part...

 What gets to define who you are? Your family? Your job? What society says you should be? Too often we give these things permission to define our identity. But an identity based on anything besides what God says about us is a lie. To understand embrace the life that Jesus came to give us, we have to open ourselves to what God says is true (about himself and about us). Check out Part One of Al...

 At Christmas, we celebrate the joy of knowing that God came to be with us in Jesus. What we tend to look over, though, is the joy that God must have had when he was able to be among his children again. The beautiful relationship he always intended for us no longer needed mediators and second-hand accounts. It was now face-to-face, just like he always wanted it to be. And the priority God tha...

 Christmas marks the arrival of so many things: candy canes, eggnog, and gifts under the tree. When Jesus arrived, though, he was the fulfillment of God's promises and the answer to our deepest needs. Every year since people have celebrated the new life and joy that they received when Jesus showed up. How will you respond to the arrival of Jesus this Christmas? Join Alpine Chapel for our Chri...

So many of our problems, worries, and stress involve one particular area of our life that we don't like to talk about (especially not in church!). But if God cares about our lives, then it only makes sense that he has something meaningful to say about the thing that seems to impact so much of our lives: money. In fact, there can really be no significant growth in our spiritual lives until we put o...

Two thousand years ago in a backwater town in Israel, a young woman gave birth to a son who would split time in two. This child was the fulfillment of a promise that God had made to his people long ago: that he would free his people from their suffering. No one expected that God would fulfill his promise by entering into their suffering himself. But this was the path of Jesus and it is the path of...

Each one of us is searching for something. Whether it's answers to our questions or healing for our deepest hurts, we'll go to any lengths to find the solution to our needs. But what if that solution isn't a thing? And what if that solution we're trying to find actually came to find us? Join Alpine Chapel for a special message from speaker, life coach, and friend of Alpine, Karrie Garcia. Listen a...

There is a good that God has in store for his people. It begins when we decide to follow Jesus and allow him to call the shots in our life. As we follow him, he changes our character to be more like his. And as he changes us, we begin to understand and undertake the good works that he has prepared for us to do. But if we want to be a part of God's overcoming evil with good, we must allow him to ch...

At the core of the HOPE Jesus offers is the idea of "eternal life". It's the kind of life that finds its power and purpose in what God is doing in the world. It overflows from an identity the world can't give us and results in a responsibility that we can't ignore. It's the kind of life that begins with a decision to follow Jesus and moves us to celebrate and share his good news with the world aro...

Some relationships are worth fighting to keep. Others are worth fighting to break. When it comes to the flesh (the sin nature that still lives in us), the only option for a follower of Jesus is to fight for the breakup. But when the whole world seems set up to keep us in a relationship with our flesh, where can we turn to make the break? Check out Part Ten of Alpine Chapel's series, "Always Jesus"...

Some people get uncomfortable when he's brought up in conversation. He has a mixed reputation among followers of Jesus. But if there was ever a time when we needed to get over our awkwardness when it comes to the Holy Spirit, though, it's now. If we're going to know the hope of Jesus in our own lives and share that hope with others, we need to know when the Holy Spirit is speaking and what we need...

There's a lot that can be said about the Bible. One thing that needs to be said, though, is that our relationship with it is complicated. That's because too often we treat it as an object to be understood rather than an opportunity to be taken. What would change in our relationship with the Bible if we started seeing it through our relationship with Jesus? Check out Part Eight of Alpine Chapel's s...

You heart is on a journey. Where is it headed? Few of us have ever taken the time to ask that question. We can get so wrapped up in the details of our lives that we lose sight of the direction our lives are headed. When it comes to receiving the HOPE that Jesus offers for our personal lives, though, we can't afford to miss what God wants to do with our hearts. Are you willing to go on the journey?...

Everyone needs it. Everyone wants it. And yet few people actually seem to have it. What is it? Rest. When it comes to our occupational lives, rest has an incredibly important role to play. The problem is that most people think rest is something that they have to earn or deserve. But what if rest is actually a gift from God? What would change about the way we rest if we had a better understanding o...

What if you didn't have to worry about the future of your work? What if, whatever happened, you knew that your work was in the hands of God? What would you do differently? What would you be able to say "no" to? And what blessing could you bring to others since your work wouldn't have to be about you? Join Alpine Chapel for Part Five of our series, "Always Jesus" and listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd...

What does God think about your work? Have you ever stopped to consider that? Whatever it is that occupies your time, whether it's at home or at the office; paid or unpaid; what does God think about it? If you're not sure, you're not alone. That's why Alpine is starting a conversation about what happens when Jesus enters into our occupational lives. Check out Part Four of "Always Jesus" and listen...

When God designed the family, he designed something beautiful. Our home lives were meant to be examples of God's love for us, expressed through our love for one another. Many times, though, this design sounds more like a daydream. But if we know anything about God, it's that he is able to make all things good again if we're willing to embrace his design and desires over our own. Check out Part Thr...

Do you believe that God has a plan for your family? Better yet, do you believe that God's plan for your family is better than the plans everyone else has (including you)? Our response to that question will determine whether or not we'll experience God's best in the relationships that matter to us the most. Join Alpine Chapel for Part Two of "Always Jesus". Listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd continues...

Followers of Jesus are men and women who have recognized an important truth: we cannot be what God created us to be without Jesus. We may try to get the best out of our lives by pouring ourselves into our families or jobs or dreams, but ultimately these things take way more than they give. The life that Jesus offers is "life to the full", but it only comes when we make the decision to put Jesus fi...

God wants to do something with your life that he doesn't want to do with anyone else's. It's not something you would choose for yourself. It's definitely not something you can do on your own. And it's so incredible that you might look like a fool if you say, "Yes". The question is, do you know what that "something" is? Join Alpine Chapel for a special message from church-planter and friend of Alpi...

Each day of our lives, our words have the power to make a difference in someone else's life. As followers of Jesus, the greatest difference we can make comes from sharing the hope we have received from Jesus. By living in Jesus' hope ourselves, we're able to pass that hope along to others. Suddenly our everyday, mundane interactions become filled with meaning and purpose. But it all begins with a...