Hope In Tigard Sermons

There's so much heartache in this text. So much heartache, and so much grace. Give it a read through in John 21:15-25. You can see it in the fire reflected in Peter's eyes. Peter stood on the bank of the Sea of Galilee. I imagine that if you looked at him, you could see in his eyes that he was a million miles away- staring into a different fire on a different day- the fire where he had d...

The last chapter of the book of John often gets called the "Epilogue" of the book by Bible scholars. We've gone through this gospel chapter by chapter since Christmas. Every Sunday we've seen John presenting Jesus- his miracles and his teachings so that we may see him- God's true Son, and yet truly man. So that we could see him in his saving us from our sins. Now we'v...

Can I ask you a challenging question? Why does it matter that Jesus rose from the dead? Why is it significant for the way that you live your life that Jesus is not dead, but is alive? The answer is incredibly far-reaching and profound. John gives us a beautiful insight into what the resurrection mean for life. Give it a read in John 20:11-18. He shows us Mary. She's standing in front of the t...

Every year during this week that we call "Holy Week," it strikes me how the crowd changed. On Sunday, when Jesus came into Jerusalem, humble, and riding on a donkey, the people took off their cloaks, and took palm branches, laying them down on the road to show honor to Jesus. They were shouting "Hosanna!" which is a phrase which expresses joy and praise.  5 short days later, th...

I think one of the hardest things to do in studying our Bibles is to put ourselves into Jesus' shoes. It's hard, but I'll ask you to try here. See Jesus as he prays to his Father to take the cup of wrath away from. Think of everything you know about the relationship Jesus shares with his Father.   From all eternity Jesus had enjoyed had the perfect relationship with his Father. He h...

On the day before Jesus died, John tells us that Jesus' heart was troubled. Can you imagine why? Even so, just like last week, we can see that Jesus' heart and mind is with his disciples. He's comforting them.  He knows that he won't be with them any longer. He knows that they can't follow. But he wants them to know that they will not be alone. And so he tells them: "...

It's a vivid picture. It's the day before Jesus is going to die. He knows it, even if his disciples don't know it yet. He know he's about to suffer. He knows he's about to die. But John tells us what's on his mind. "Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end." He's not stuck on the suffering, and he's not stuck on the deat...

There's something so relatable about the text we're going to be looking at in this Sunday's text . Something that I wonder if many of us, even all of us have felt. There's a group of people that want to see Jesus. That's all they want. Just to see him.  Give it a read, if you have a moment. It's John 12:20-36. Jesus responds to the request for the people to see him al...

Caiaphas was the High Priest at the time when Jesus died. He was the supposed mastermind of the scheme to get rid of Jesus and have the people on their side. He was a schemer. He schemed to have Jesus killed, and it worked. And that bothers me. You can read about his scheme in John 11:45-53. It bothers me because it pokes at the traumas and hurts in our own life experiences. It reminds me yet agai...

Can I be honest with you? I've preached a version of this sermon before. It was at a point in my life where I wasn't sure what I was doing or where I was going. I wasn't sure of my identity. I wasn't sure who I really truly was. And this text from John 10 was a huge comfort for me.  Read through it if you have the chance. Jesus' identity is there. He says: "I AM.&quot...

This Sunday at Hope, we gathered together for a congregational address. We called it the State of Hope. This is the past, the present, and the future mission of our church. God bless it! Listen in to this story!

At first, I was stumped by a couple aspects of this miracle in John 6:16-24. It's a short account, and compared to what we've gotten used to with John, it's pretty sparse in detail. Jesus' disciples are out on the water, doing all they can to row their boat to the other side of the sea in the midst of a huge storm. Jesus comes to them walking on the water, and they are afraid....

After missing last Sunday, we'll take a second shot at this text from John 6:1-15. Watch out, I had another full week to think about this! Ya know what I thought about? I thought about the fact that John tells us that Jesus was testing his disciples. He already knew that he was going to feed all those people with a miracle. But he gave the disciples that task first.  It must have seemed so pe...

Can I give you a little teaser of what's coming this Sunday? It's a miracle of incredible proportions. Or maybe more aptly, it's a miracle of incredible portions. Jesus feeds 5000. And he feeds us. Can we get excited about that? We can!  This is an episode from our sister podcast "That We May Believe." Please use this podcast to prepare your heart and your mind for what&ap...

Do you know the name Nicodemus? I want to introduce him to you. John does too. He's an important character in John's gospel- he appears there three times, and yet he doesn't appear at all in Matthew, Mark, or Luke's gospel. Why? We gotta remember that John is writing his book at a much later date. He's looking out at young Christians, he's seeing their struggles, and...

This Sunday we get to take in a well known account. It's the account where Jesus turns water into wine. Except, there’s a much bigger picture here. And you can see it in the countdown in John 2:1. Or I suppose it’s a count-up. Because this is the only time in John’s Gospel where he counts up to anything. This indicates to you that the thing that’s coming next is a really big deal. John wants...

A baby's first words are so precious. A parent looks forward to those words, wondering what kind of person their child is going to be, wondering what is in their little heart. First words are important.  That's why I took note of the first words of Jesus that John recorded in his gospel. Do you know what they are? You can see in John 1:38. "What do you want?" Jesus asked this q...

The Bible is the most precious book ever written. In it are words that give light and words that give life. Every single word on every single page has incredible value for us both in our lives on earth and our lives in heaven. And yet, it’s a book that many find difficult to pick up and read, and even more difficult to take to heart. In this podcast series, two pastors from across the country will...

It’s a big day here at Hope, we’re going to be wrapping up Christmas and putting a little bit of a bow on it, we’re going to be looking ahead into the new years, and we’re starting a major sermon series going Sunday by Sunday through the book of John. It’s a big day at Hope, and we’ve got a much bigger text. We’re starting at the beginning of John, I’ll ask you to revel in these words with me. 

Every year around Christmas, we read the same pieces of the Bible. We read from the prophets who spoke about Jesus, we read about the manger, we read about Mary and Joseph, and we read about the angels who appeared to the Shepherds.  A mentor pastor taught me something really good about studying texts like these. I'll share it with you. You can play the "How would I have written this?&qu...

Please enjoy this Christmas message from Pastor Bourman and Hope!

I haven't gotten past the first 11 words of this week's text from Luke 1:46-56. Here are the words that I'm stuck on: "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God." I haven't gotten past those words yet. I just can't get my heart past them. And I'm not sure I want to.  It's a paradox. It doesn't really make sense. We can't make G...

There's reality in the account of Mary. So much reality. I'm not sure we often see how real it is, though. Imagine the last time you looked at a Nativity scene. What did Mary look like? Serene, at peace, full of wonder, right? She got there, but she didn't start there. This Sunday we will study together the words from Luke 1:26-45 where Mary is told by Gabriel that she would be the...

There are so many miracles in this Sunday's text from Luke 1:5-25 . There's the appearance of Gabriel, there's the miraculous conception of John in the womb of Elizabeth. But I think that the most significant of this miracles might be the silencing of Zechariah.  He had gone through so much life- praying prayers, and never seeing them answered. He had grown tired, and he had grown u...

Every day  I drive out of the driveway of my neighborhood, and I take a right, and I go past the Dutch Bros shack. And it still absolutely boggles my brain. There is always a line circling all the way around the shack, through their parking lot and out into the road. Every single day. And it doesn’t matter the time of the day or the night. 7 pm. People need their coffee! The line is always there....