Hope Downtown Minneapolis Sermons

In the hit movie Inside Out 2, we follow the life of Riley, a teenager in the throes of puberty. As she navigates life, we observe her internal processing through personified emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger. One such emotion, Anxiety, floods Riley’s mind with all the scary stuff that could happen. In one scene, this results in Riley experiecning a full-blown panic attack. If you’ve ever batt...

Have you ever wondered who are as humans? What does it mean to be the “perfect human” if there even is such a thing. This las week, we examine this questions. If you have never seen higher level mathematics be applied to Scripture before, you are in for a treat! Don’t worry, we also use Dr. Suess to help us too! Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown M...

Reading poetry can be difficult. When that poetry alludes to future events, it can be even more vexing. Yet the New Testament quotes the Psalms more than any other Old Testament book. So we seek to understand how these poetic songs foreshadow the coming of Christ and fill us with hope amidst our struggles. Questions : Do you see the limitations of viewing God’s Word as simply an example to imitate...

Questions Do you view God’s written word as a burden or as a gift that can be studied to better understand God and the love that he has for you? Have you surrendered your life to the only one who perfectly lived out the law and died on the cross so you could be saved? Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom Literature Ben Wacek Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resource...

What is Biblical Wisdom? In this message, we look at how the concept of wisdom is continually clarified, culminating in God declaring the pinnacle of all wisdom – Jesus Christ! Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Proverbs Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com .

What gives inspiration to the Psalms? Is it David? Is it us? Now that the veil ( 2 Cor. 3:13–16 ) has been lifted, how might we read these texts with the clarity that Christ provides? In so doing, we see it’s not just David or we who at times feel forsaken, but Jesus who has been utterly forsaken for our sake. He has not hidden himself in times of trouble but bore the full weight of it, not our si...

This is our last sermon dedicated to the book of Romans. Rather than see this as a type of finish line, might we instead see how God is just getting started. May this gospel message be imprinted deeper upon our hearts. May our church live by faith in Jesus Christ. May we stand justified by his grace as a gift. May we believe that what God has done he will continue to do. In other words, God’s not...

We’re nearing the end of our time in the book of Romans. Throughout it, there have been countless reminders of God’s faithfulness and goodness. We’ve pushed deeper into the gospel and life in his Spirit. But we’re not done. Even as Paul recounts his travel plans, we see afresh God’s heart to save and refresh and provide for his people. Questions: Is it (y)our desire for the gospel to be shared wit...

Words of strong emotions are thrown around today like candy. Something that is likeable is “awesome”.  A new job is “a perfect match”. Even our local weather station has a TOP TEN WEATHER day that they use about 1-2 x per month. One of these words is the word ambition. What does this word really mean, and how to we have Godly Ambition? Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minnea...

How in the world can we possibly live in community with others when there is such disagreement about so many things? This week, we examine how when we are awed by Jesus Christ that we are able to actually love, accept and welcome one another and not just live for our selves. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn m...

Have you ever disagreed with another Christian? Have you ever disagreed with a church you’ve been a part of? If so, today’s passage is for you. It deals with that gray area of opinion, items that are neither commanded nor prohibited in Scripture. In other words, there is freedom to choose. This becomes fertile ground for disagreement amongst Christians. And yet God gives us an exceedingly high cal...

Planning for retirement, dating apps, on-the-job performance reviews, gentle parenting, the list goes on — life itself often feels more like finals week on repeat rather than summer vacation. Rounding out Romans 13, we learn why life so often feels like a test and a specific way the gospel leads to a surprising form of exam-free living. Romans Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneap...

How are followers of Jesus supposed to understand how to live in our crazy political climate? Does God’s word have anything to help us navigate this?  Romans 13:1-7  offers some principles that drastically bring light to a very complex issue. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church,...

In our time, spirituality is portrayed as this unique, hidden puzzle to be solved by each individual. But what if it’s all much more straightforward than this? Wrapping up Romans 12, we discover how God traffics in the ordinary, everyday rhythms and relationships of our lives — and this is good news. Romans Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more...

God gives gifts to his people for the blessing of others. When receiving our gift, we too often fall prey to comparisons or envy or rivalry rather than gratitude. This passage reminds us that these gifts are graces to us from God and that he has given us exceedingly more than we could ever repay. Questions : • Is it our desire for God to become greater? • After listening to this message, do you se...

Taylor Swift and Drake both wrote songs at high moments in their careers about how God helps those who help themselves. This may sound like good news when things are going your way, but when the rest of life happens, we need something far stronger than our ability to make good choices. Fortunately for us (and them!),  Romans 12:1-2  gives us access to how the gospel brings about bigger and longer...

When was the last time you had something that was so wonderful, so beautiful, so majestic it took your breath away? This week’s passage is a gift to us, to see God as glorious, merciful, wonderful, wise and worthy of our utmost worship and trust. In and through Jesus Christ, the mighty name of God is both worthy of praise and very accessible. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown...

Mitch Chase writes, “The death of Jesus was not the end of Jesus. It was no defeat. His death was overcome on the third day. The cross was a victory, and the resurrection proved it.” Are you trusting in the cross and empty tomb for your victory over sin and death? Questions Have you been united to Christ in his death and resurrection through faith? How can you live today in light of his resurrecti...

If the very people who were supposed to recognize Jesus as the Messiah reject him, what will become of them? This week’s sermon addresses this question, with some real hope for the physical descendants of Israel for the future. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.co...

God––after breaking us off from our cursed familiar tree––grafts us by faith into his tree of life and salvation. His plan has always been for his people to live by trusting in him and his promises. So has God’s Plan A failed? Absolutely not! He has the power to graft in anyone whose faith is in him. What great news! Question : Do you know of God’s great love for you? Romans Cor Chmieleski Hope Co...

Where do we turn if the greatest barrier to connecting with God is inside us? Our passage this week uses sensory images to describe the shape and cause of hardened hearts. These vivid pictures lead us to ask the most important question: how do you melt a frozen heart? Romans Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about...

Often in a mobster movie, we will hear the crime boss say to a person who has betrayed them, “You’re dead to me!” From that point on in the movie, they become  persona non grata , which is Latin for “a person who is unacceptable or unwelcome”. Is that what God did to Israel after all her failures and rebellions? Is that what he does to us? Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Mi...

If anyone reads the Scripture carefully, they will find some word, some hidden treasure in the field, which is Christ.” These words are from the 2nd Century and they reflect God’s own idea that the whole Bible is about Jesus and discovering all that the cross accomplishes. This changes not only the way we read the Old Testament but the way we interpret our lives! Where is God speaking the word abo...

Paul’s ”twist” to the story Deuteronomy 30:14 (TiPCFGCTTGOGRTOTV ) 14But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it realize there is no possible way you can do it (Rom 1, 2). And yet, the law requires perfection (Rom 3:23). So we are in deep, deep doo-doo (Rom 3:19-20). But wait! Along comes someone who did do the law perfectly (Rom 10:4, Matthew 5:17),...

What is underneath the universal longing to be enough? Be it our jobs, political beliefs, exercise regimes (or lack thereof), relationships — so much of life is covered by some unwritten code of standards to be kept. Where do these come from and more importantly how can we finally put all these measurements to rest? Romans 10:1-4 Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download...