Hope Downtown Minneapolis Sermons

In an amazing twist, Jesus informs us that anything that is held on to ‘for dear life’ outside of making him our entire life will ultimately sour and never satisfy the way he does. Putting our entire trust and hope in Jesus is the real only way to have life and have it to the very utmost! Not Just Another Story Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides Fo...

Jesus failed to match expectations that religious leaders had for the Messiah. They expected to see power and affluence and authority; he showed weakness and humility and smallness. This week’s parables make clear how God moves in ways we might consider upside down. Application Will you embrace that God works in upside down ways––amidst the common and ordinary, the unseen and the slow? Not Just An...

This week’s story works on two levels. On one level, it is an easily accessible story of reversal – the rich (or self-reliant!) becomes poor and the poor becomes rich. On a second level, it communicates the great Christian truth that Jesus (who is rich while being completely God-reliant) becomes poor so the poor (or incapable, helpless, deficient, needy) might be rich on account of him. And this s...

The story from today’s passage often gets ignored. Why? Because it depicts a wasteful and unrighteous manager, on the cusp of being fired, acting “shrewdly” to the detriment of his employer…yet his employer  commends  him. What? How can such a guy get praised? How can such a character be exemplified by Jesus within his teaching? Questions Are you quick to believe God is a “debt reliever” and “burd...

About today’s story, Robert Capon says, “The point is that none of the people who had a right to be at a proper party came, and that all the people who came had no right whatsoever to be there…Grace as portrayed here works only on the untouchable, the unpardonable, and the unacceptable.” That grace is ours if we but accept the invitation of Jesus to come to his banquet. Questions: Do you believe t...

Many of our intuitions around what it looks like to read the Bible often steer toward "how to" -- that is, what does God want me to do. But here in Luke's gospel, Jesus begins to lay his cards down the table for how he interprets the Scriptures. Using the phrase "greater than" he shows us the ways grace changes how we comprehend both the Bible and our very lives. Gospel Applica...

You can always come home no matter what.” My wife, Jill, and I have repeated that phrase countless times to our boys. Why? Because we make mistakes. These mistakes can lead to guilt and shame. And pretty soon we start to believe sin and shame’s lies. This week we hear the good news that Jesus has taken our shame and opened the door for us to come home.   Reflection questions Does the lens of honor...

Given the times we live in, it’s so easy to think we know best. This can, occasionally, include knowing best how God should be doing his job. The people of Jesus’s day had this too. They had expectations for how promised rescuer (the Messiah) should act. And Jesus didn’t match all those expectations. Even John, the forerunner to the Messiah, had questions whether Jesus was the one. And that’s wher...

Burnout is largely the result of humanity’s complicated (even religious!) relationship with work, which is one of many reasons God required the Israelites to cease from all labor for one day a week in the Old Testament. Jesus uncovers the deeper mystery behind this day of rest when his disciples are accused of breaking this law. Paragraph Description Not Just Another Story Davis Johnson Hope Commu...

In his own hometown, Jesus gives a reading from Isaiah the prophet and uses a story from the Old Testament about two non-Jewish people who experienced God's grace. The response? They try to throw Jesus off a cliff! What about Jesus' sermon made them uncomfortable and how can we read this story to point out our own idols? Application:  What about Jesus makes you uncomfortable? Not Just Another Stor...

Comparison. It is something we do every single day. How am I doing in my job? Do I shovel the walk as good as my neighbors? Are my kids as well behaved as our friend’s kids? It is a constant theme for us. In this sermon we look at the very heart of where all this comes from. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn m...

The Old Testament is clear that the Lord hates when the guilty are acquitted. So how can God remain just if he acquits the guilty or, as our text describes it, if he justifies the ungodly? In this message, we’ll see how God can remain just even while acquitting people like you and me (a.k.a. the guilty). Romans Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For...

Why did the death of our Savior, Jesus Christ need to be done publically? What did this have to do with the snake on the stick in the Old Testament? Join us this episode as we examine  Romans 3:25  in light of what God did for us in Christ. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, vi...

Luther called this section of Romans not only the center of the letter, but the center of the very Bible itself! In it, we see the human problem diagnosed, and discover the only, multifaceted solution through the rescue of God. It’s a kaleidoscope of good news that transforms lives. Take and eat! Gospel Application:  Where can the kaleidoscope of God’s rescue light up the world around you? Romans...

In this sermon, we look at how hopeless, lost, dark and alone is the human condition apart from God’s intervention in Christ. Application  – Because the law shuts our mouth, are you trusting Jesus’ blood to speak on your behalf? Romans Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.co...

Is there any advantage in being Jewish? If everyone is a sinner, was there any real point to the whole Old Testament story about Israel? What actually made them special? Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com .

Religion can be a beautiful thing, if handled correctly. However, it has often led to smugness, superiority, and exclusion. Is your religion killing you? Romans Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com .

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Where do you feel most exhausted in your life right now? Beneath the hood of our tiredness, we discover the tendency to justify our lives and the many ways we are looking to the law as a tool for controlling our circumstances. Fortunately, God has a much better idea in mind. Gospel Application Where do you feel most exhausted? Will you let grace speak a better word? Romans Davis Johnson Hope Commu...

If the scales of justice are how we are judged on the great judgment day of God, how will we fare? Are we judged by our deeds? Gospel-Centered Application: Do you feel like you have the “moral” or religious high ground” compared to others? How much do you think about the bad news in order to make the good news that much sweeter? Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis D...

In the Lego Ninjago movie, a mother tells her son that high school is the best years of his life. And the son responds, “Have you been to high school…because it’s judgy, it’s pretty judgy.” It’s not just high school that can be judgy. You and I tend to be judgy. Where does this come from and is there hope for us who tend to be pretty judgy at times? Questions to Consider Do we presume on the riche...

The last verse of Romans 1 holds in it the entire history of humanity. Just one verse! What is God’s righteous decree and who holds its knowledge? Why do they deserve to die? The answers are surprising, revealing a thread that ties the whole storyline together. Gospel Application Where is God replacing the law’s many accusations with his better, personal word of good news for you? Romans Davis Joh...

A modern theologian said, “The fundamental sin is the failure to worship God.” And this failure to worship God results in all kinds of others sins and suffering and darkness and brokenness. Today we’ll see this play out not just in Romans but in the entirety of our biblical story. In the words of Fleming Rutledge, “Something is terribly wrong and needs to be set right.” Questions to Consider Do yo...

Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com .

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