Hope+: Hope Community Church Podcast

John 15:5-8 & Luke 10:38-42 This week, Pastor Jonathan concludes our mini-sermon series on the Word of God. To meditate is to ponder, think about, be occupied with, or concerned about something or someone. Our calling as disciples of Jesus then, is to meditate on His Word and his presence in all we do. All of life belongs to him.

2 Timothy 3:10-17 This week, Pastor Dave continues our sermon series on the living presence of God through His Word. Continuing from how we got the Bible last week, Pastor Dave witnesses for us how the Word of God leads us to blessing and good works as God first intended. The Scriptures confront, challenges, and improves us to be righteous and to do good works for His Kingdom.

2 Timothy 3:14-17 & 2 Peter 1:20-21 This week, Pastor Dave starts our new mini sermon series on Scripture (the Bible). Just as God uses ordinary human beings to fulfill his mission of blessing for the world, he used ordinary human beings to faithfully record and pass on Scripture as we have it today. Even in the "messy-ness" and complicated process of how we got our Bible, we trust t...

Last week, we had the privilege of hosting two speakers on the topic of Deconstruction and Doubt. Pastor Jonathan interviewed Dr. Todd Statham and Dr. Peter Schuurman. Todd Statham (PhD McGill University) is a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church serving The University ofBritish Columbia (Okanagan), where he coordinates the Multifaith Chaplaincy and teaches as a sessional lecturer in English li...

Revelation 21:1-7 This week, Pastor Sid concludes our sermon series on the unified story of the Bible as we look forward to the living hope we have in Jesus Christ our Lord. Just like the "fork imagery," the best is yet to come, and we live out of that hope and strive to live out that hope in our lives today.

In this episode, Pastor Dave sits down with Linda and Marty from the Cloverdale Community Kitchen (now re-branded as the Storehouse Community Hub Society ). They share about the important ministry that CCK has done and is doing for our community and how God is leading thevolunteers and staff for this kingdom work. Marty is the executive director for Storehouse and Linda serves as bookkeeper for bo...

Matthew 28:18-20 This week, our special guest preacher from Sierra Leone shared in the good news of the Great Commission for our church. Pastor Moses Jawara is the president of our denomination: Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone, and we had the privilege of hearing about the global mission of God and his people.

Acts 2:1-21; 37-41 This week, Pastor Jonathan continues the story of the Bible, a reminder of the gift of God's presence in us through the Holy Spirit. As Jesus ascended to lovingly rule over all creation, he sends us his Spirit, who empowers and gifts us with assurance in Him, to boldly share and witness to the work of redemption in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Acts 1:1-11 This week, Pastor Dave continues our Long Story "Long" series on the biblical story. In answer to the question, "where is Jesus now and what is he doing?" the bible tells us that Jesus continues to reign as the rightful king over the world on the right hand of the Father and that he is interceding for us and equipping us to make him known. That is what it means to b...

This Sunday we were blessed to hear how our resurrected Lord Jesus works through the lives of people today. Niloufar and Jerry shared their own testimonies of the work of the living God in their personal lives.

Luke 24:13-35 Christ is risen, he is risen indeed! On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Dave brings us the good news of living into the hope and freedom of a resurrected life with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Luke 9:23-24; 51-62 This week, Pastor Jonathan brings us the good news of being disciples of Jesus today. This calling and identity we have is not just a label or some religious identity, it is a way of life; a way of life following Jesus, our Lord and Saviour with the whole of our lives.

Matthew 4:1-11 This week, Pastor Dave brings us the good news that by the power of God's Spirit living in us, we can overcome the temptations and currents that pull us away from God. Our Lord Jesus faced those same challenges and overcame by the same power gifted to us. So we can overcome, not by our own strength, but by the one who lives in us.

Matthew 1 This week, Pastor Dave brings us the good news from the genealogy of Jesus. Through Matthew's account, we can see the good news of Jesus inviting us to serve and be comforted by the one who came to us for redemption.

Galatians 4:4-7 & 1 Kings 19:11-18 This week, Pastor Sid brings us the message of hope from a period in the biblical story of seeming silence from God. God is always active and works for the good of his redemptive plans, even if it may not feel like it sometimes. Also, even in the face of seeming great difficulties, the foundation of our hope is that God is great and we trust that he is in con...

2 Kings 17:1-7 This week, Pastor Dave continues the story of the Bible where Israel faces the consequences of rejecting God's ways. Even as they lose their land and live in exile, God continues to work through them to be a blessing for all nations. We are called to be that same blessing, living in our "exile" among the nations today.

As we journey through the story of the Bible in our sermon series, we had the privilege of hosting a conversation with Dr. Mike Goheen. Pastor Dave and Jonathan sit down and discuss some questions about the Bible being a unified story and why we should read it in that light. Michael W. Goheen –Professor, Author, Speaker (missionworldview.com) Time stamp: 0:00~7:02 Introductions 7:03~19:54 Where do...

Hosea 14:1-9 This week, Pastor Jonathan continues our series on the unified story of the Bible, reflecting on the call to repentance from Israel's prophets. Prophets call God's people to be uncomfortable and therefore turn away from idols and return to the Lord's good ways. In the same way, we are called to return and seek God's own heart as we face and wrestle with our own idols t...

1 Samuel 8:1-21 This week, Pastor Dave continues the story of the Bible in the era of kings in Israel. Just like the people back then, we sin by identifying and putting our hopes in human rulers. Only Jesus is the true king that can bring restoration and peace through his everlasting kingdom. We are called to put our hopes in the true king, not any human ruler.

What does it mean to be an office-bearer as an elder or deacon at our church? Pastor Dave sits down with Elder and Council Chair Andre and one of the head Deacons, Grace to ask and discuss that exact question.   Time Stamp: 0:00~2:43 Introductions 2:44~8:32 How did you discern taking on leadership as elder/deacon when you first received the invitation? 8:33~16:15 What exactly do you do as an elder...

Joshua 23:6-11; 24:31 & Judges 21:25 This week, Pastor Sid brings to us the good news of the story of the Bible from the books of Joshua and Judges. Even in the failures and sins of his people, God continues to be faithful to his promises, the goodness and blessing that he desires for us.

Deuteronomy 7:1-9 This week, Pastor Dave continues our series from the book of Deuteronomy. The parts in the Bible about Israel entering the Promised Land have been historically difficult in wrestling with, but even in the seeming "messy-ness" of the text, God calls us to devote our whole lives to him against the temptations of the idols all around us.

This past week, we had the privilege of having Dr. Matthew Lynch join us to discuss the topic of violence in the Bible. He answers questions on reading the bible with care and trust, to not just ignore or "sugar-coat" texts to have God fit in our own ideological boxes. Dr. Matthew Lynch is the associate Professor of Old Testament at Regent College. He has also written on the topic of vio...

Numbers 11:4-6 & 10-17 This week Pastor Jonathan continues the story of the Bible in the Wilderness. This is the place where God meets his people in their doubts, complaints and rebellion against his good ways. Even in our brokenness, God shows his loving patience and mercy. Our calling then is to lean into his love, to trust and obey in his good ways, not our own.

Exodus 19:3-7 This week, Pastor Sid continues the biblical story to the narrative where God's people are gifted with the Law as a guide to living a life of blessing and flourishing. The Law and covenant was a gift because it came after freedom from 400 years of slavery and was meant as a guide to living into that freedom, not as restrictions.