Hope Community Church Sermons

We explore how God wins battles today, and what our appropriate attitudes toward them should be.

We see that God makes the rules but that, through Jesus, the law no longer defines our relationship with God.

The passage shows how God saves by His own power.

In the story of Joseph we see how God works out evil for good

Although God asked Abraham to surrender what seemed impossible, God rewarded the man's faith

God saves the world through Noah

Within the story of the fall we find the answers to why bad things happen and where our hope lies

This Sunday we start a new series through the Old Testament. In the Genesis 1 creation story we see God's incredible character.

How do you recover from failure? As we look at final chapter of the gospel of John, we'll see how we need to run to Jesus, and have the hard conversation, knowing that God's discipline is for our healing and that he still has his purposes for our lives.

Jesus's appearances to his disciples cleared away their doubt of his resurrection and paved the way for their empowered participation in the mission he gave them to be his witnesses. Today we still benefit from their faithfulness, having received the testimony about Jesus, and then received life in his name when we believed. May we share the good news of Jesus's resurrection with confidenc...

What is Christianity at its core? As we look at the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, we'll see that Christianity is based on historical events that lead to a present reality. The real actions and words of God in history, especially through Jesus, have transformed forever our daily relationship with him.

Pilate and the religious leaders were all doing moral math. Pilate was trying to wriggle out of responsibility. The religious leaders were trying to destroy one man to save a nation. We too do moral math, trying to measure up to some standard set by ourselves, or others, or God. But we can never measure up to God's standard. As we look at the crucifixion of Jesus, we will reflect upon the incr...

When Pilate interrogated Jesus before His crucifixion, Pilate asked Jesus if He was the King of the Jews. Jesus responded that His kingdom was not of this world. As we consider Jesus's words, we'll reflect on the otherworldly nature of the kingdom Jesus rules.

Jesus was attacked by his enemies and abandoned by his friends because he did not meet their expectations for who he should be and what he should do if he were the Messiah God had promised. As we look at the denial of Peter, we'll see the incredible goodness of God who keeps us, and has mercy on us, through his Son Jesus who died for us and rose again.

Though Judas schemed and brought soldiers with weapons, Jesus and His Father were really the ones with perfect knowledge and power. As we look at the callousness of Judas, we'll see the same tendencies in our own hearts to go through the motions of worship with sin in our hearts. But as we look at the grace and love of Jesus, we'll see the invitation to walk in integrity by His life in us.

Just before Jesus was arrested, He prayed for His disciples. As we look at Jesus's prayer, we'll see how we too can pray for God to glorify his name, keep us, sanctify us, and make us one today.

Why do we end our prayers with the phrase, "In Jesus name, Amen"? Jesus's teaching in John 16:16-33 shows us the incredible privilege that it is to pray to God, as well as the promise we have that God hears and answers the prayers of those who trust in his Son.

Jesus encourages his disciples that the Holy Spirit will bear witness to the world about Jesus and will guide the disciples into truth. We explore how that encouragement still strengthens us today to listen rightly to God's leading and share the good news with others.

Jesus teaches his disciples through the metaphor of vine and branches how they are to abide with him in order to bear fruit for God.

Jesus continues sharing with the disciples about the Holy Spirit he is promising to send them. God the Holy Spirit is our life, our peace, our teacher, our helper, forever. So let's continue to ask God to fill us with the Holy Spirit every day.

Jesus begins to prepare his disciples for his coming death, resurrection, and ascension back to the Father by promising them the Holy Spirit to be with them always. Through Jesus's responses to the disciples' questions, we see how Jesus can leave and yet still be with his disciples, and the incredible hope we have both now and forever.

Jesus's heart was troubled as he told his disciples that one of them would betray him. In the middle of the disciples' uncertainty and fear, we see the knowledge, love, and power of Jesus that can carry each of us through the darkest times when we trust in him.

This week we return to the Gospel of John and spend some time with Jesus and the disciples at the Passover meal before the crucifixion, as Jesus washes the disciples feet.