Door of Hope Northeast

Matthew 7:13-14 - Jesus begins his final summary and application of His sermon on the mount with a call to choose a road. There is a wide, (nearly) all-encompassing path of least resistance. There is a narrow, singular path with and through Jesus. In this passage we find a powerful word for a new year, a challenge to forsake our default settings and follow Jesus wherever He leads, which is ultimat...

John 1:1-18 - A brief homily considering the introduction to John's gospel, which presents Jesus as the light of divine revelation, the light of divine wisdom, and the light of the divine love. We are reminded that Jesus truly was born to be the light of the world. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

1 John 4:7-21 - The final advent theme we consider this year is "love," which was made known with new power at the incarnation of the Son of God. In this passage, we discover surprising truths about God's love for God, God's love or the world, and God's love for and through His people. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Luke 2:8-21 - The announcement of the savior's birth to the shepherds was one that rightfully led to "great joy." In this passage we learn that God's own joy is wrapped up in His generosity toward His people and that ours is wrapped up in receiving what He longs to give us. A sermon by Josh Wilder.

Luke 3:1-18 - John the Baptist's work of preparation for Jesus's public ministry models for us important aspects of our preparation for Jesus's second coming. Those who serve the Prince of Peace are called to continual repentance and to bear fruits of peace, love, and justice as we wait for Him to bring them all in full. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Psalm 130 - We begin Advent this year considering the first of the traditional Advent themes: hope. When the depths and darkness surround, we are encouraged to find hope in our waiting for God by reminding ourselves of God's past faithfulness. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Mark 13:1-37 - In this conclusion to the section involving Jesus's assessment of the temple's leadership, Jesus pronounces coming judgment and gives his disciples specific instructions on how to prepare. A sermon by Josh Wilder.

Mark 12:38-44 - Jesus gives report cards to a group of Scribes and a poor widow. In them we get a powerful critique of pretentious and status-obsessed religiosity and a simple picture of what genuine, worshipful, generous spirituality looks like according to Jesus Christ. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Mark 12:35-37 - Jesus raises a question about the identity of Israel's messiah. He takes issue with the assumption that the messiah will be *merely* a human descendant of David. In this teaching, we are challenged to consider how we may have settled for a lesser messiah than the real Jesus. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Mark 12:28-34 - A final question concludes the gauntlet Jesus has been put through. This one is the question of questions: What is the most important command in all of the Scriptures? On what does everything else hang? In Jesus's response, we see the very heart of what it means to follow Jesus--the heart of Christianity itself. May we have the ears to hear. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Mark 12:18-27 - The Sadducees ask Jesus a "gotcha" theological question meant to discredit His beliefs. Is belief in God's final defeat of death, a resurrected people, and a recreated world inherently nonsensical? Or worse, is it dangerous? Or is it the key to flourishing in this life? A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Mark 12:13-17 - Jesus is asked a hot-button political question meant to discredit or endanger Him. In His surprising response, Jesus demonstrates an unwillingness to neatly fit into the political categories of his day, demonstrating faithfulness to the Kingdom of God over against any human ideology. In doing so, He challenges his disciples to smash their political idols. A sermon by Cameron Heger.

Mark 11:27-12:12 - In this section of Mark, Jesus overturns the trap that the religious leaders have laid for him and exposes their own hypocrisy. But he doesn't stop there. He tells them a parable that presents them as continuing a long tradition of rebellion against God. These confrontations are important steps that move him closer to the cross--the very place where the judgment and forgiveness...

Mark 11:1-25 - We resume our study of the Gospel According to Mark with the book's second major turning point: the "triumphal entry" of Jesus as the rightful King of Israel on Palm Sunday. For his first order of business, the King does some confusing things that all reinforce a central theme: appearances can be deceiving and a poor substitute for genuine, prayerful faith. A sermon by Cameron Heger...

1 Peter 2:9-12 - Our vision series concludes with a call to recommit to our identity as witnesses. Throughout human history God has always chosen particular people to both enjoy intimacy with him AND to extend the invitation outward to others that they might come enjoy the same. The church, empowered by the Holy Spirit, is called to bear witness to the beauty, goodness, grace, and glory of Jesus t...

Philippians 2:12-16 - We continue our recognition of this season of new beginnings with a call to recommit to our identity as learners. In his wisdom, God has chosen to work in part through his Spirit-indwelt people in the here and now. This means it is crucial that we take the task of learning, maturing, being sanctified, and becoming spiritually formed seriously for the love of God and the good...

Mark 10:28-30; 61 one another passages - Door of Hope Northeast had anything but a "normal" beginning. After months of build up, we had two worship gatherings together before an extended season of fragmentation due to the COVID pandemic. Our entire story as a church has been written in its shadow. After so much separation, hardship, transition, and even a busy and disconnected summer, many key lea...

A conversation with John Barry Van Hoogen, planting pastor of Boise Gospel Church, one of Door of Hope Northeast's new ministry partners. Learn more about their heart for sharing the gospel in Boise and ways to support their work.

Acts 7:51-53; Ephesians 4:25-32; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 - The doctrine of the Holy Spirit is filled with promises that can never be lost as well as opportunities that must be seized. We conclude our time in this series with three things to avoid, three things to pursue, and a vision of what our life as a Spirit-led, Spirit-filled, Spirit-empowered community could look like as we begin the journey...

A short church community update for the month of September 2022. A call to make every effort to gather together September 11, 18, and 25 as a time to recommit to one another, the vision of our church, and a new ministry year.

Romans 8:14-17 - Romans 8 is one of the New Testament's clearest teachings on how the Holy Spirit leads his people, and these verses are the apex of that teaching. Here we learn that the Spirit is at work bearing witness to His people that they have been made beloved children of their Father God. And receiving this from the Spirit just might be the key to living the Spirit-empowered life we've bee...

1 Corinthians 12:8-11 - The New Testament speaks of Spirit-empowered gifts of healing. What are we to make of these gifts? How are we to pursue them? And how should we respond if we don't experience them? A sermon by Josh Wilder. [Part 8 of the series "The Spirit & His Gifts"]

1 Corinthians 12-14 - God through the Apostle Paul commands his readers to pursue spiritual gifts--especially prophecy! Despite theological controversy and practical confusion, obedience demands we open ourselves to a seeking, discerning, honest relationship to the revelatory gifts of the Spirit. All of this while we trust God to gift each of us individually and together as a community just as He...

Romans 12:3-8 - Spiritual gifts enable the church to function as the body of Christ, with each part crucial for the health and maturing of the whole. Part of growing as a church is encouraging each member to identify and celebrate how they are gifted, remembering that no matter how mundane some gifts seem, they are all honored by the God who gives them. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 6 of the se...

Ephesians 4:7-13 - God uses his power like no one else--sharing it, using it to build others up, demonstrating radical generosity. So when His Spirit supernaturally empowers His people, they are called to do the same. As we begin a several-week discussion of the spiritual gifts, we start by defining them as Spirit-empowered abilities given freely to each of His people as he sees fit for maturing t...