New Hope Christian Chapel Podcast

What do we do when the things we have faith will happen don't happen? Is our faith in positive outcomes, or Jesus Christ? Would our faith still be strong if we never see the results we are hoping and praying for? What sort of faith can stand strong no matter what our circumstances or trials?

Are you enough? Do you do enough? Do you compare yourself to others who have more or can do more? Do you doubt if you have a lot to offer? What if God doesn't want you to give "a lot"...but rather to give "all" you have...even if it's just a little? Giving a little can still be giving "all"! Take a few minutes to meditate on the powerful Hebrew word-concept of "hineni", saying "Here I am" to God a...

Most of us have ideas about who God is that are not based in biblical truth. We might think of Him like an angry father, or as a distant God who isn't really listening to our prayers. But we can know who God is by looking at the life and person of Jesus, because just as Jesus said in John 14, "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me." Just as God promised through the prophets (J...

Is it in you...? When difficulty finds us--and it will--does faith come out of you because it's in you? Does peace come out of you because it already resides within you? Does hope pour out of you because you're full of confidence in God? Does the power and love of the Holy Spirit come out of you because He's in you? Find encouragement and instruction from Paul's letter to Timothy to put our whole...

Join one of New Hope's Mission Directors, Brendon Shea, in a biblical reflection on how, where, when, and why God invites His people to partner with Him in His Kingdom work.

Is the "good news" of Christianity really just than an angry God, angry at our sins, directed His anger at His Son instead requiring Him to die on a cross? What if the good news is actually about the victory of Jesus proclaimed on the cross?! What if the good news Jesus and Paul preached is about being invited to join God's Kingdom right now despite our sins?! Maybe we don't know the gospel like w...

When you look at the people in the world around you, do you see evil to avoid? Or...do you see the potential beautiful bride of Christ, His eternally beloved people?! What if our lives were meant to be expressions of passionate love for Jesus, rather than desperate attempts to "do the right thing"? And what if the way we treated people sought to introduce them to the love of their eternal lives?!...

God's great love for us, and His eager adoption of lost children into His eternal family is the heart of God and the core of the gospel of Jesus! Then if our faith is built on this premise, how can we embrace and welcome those who are lost and hurting around us into our families?! As spiritually adopted children, every Christian should have a heart for all the children around them who also long fo...

Be blessed by this practical, relatable and powerful sermon by pastor and church revitalization consultant, Shawn Keener, from the letter of 2 Peter on what church is really all about: Christ's Church Is On Mission!

Join Wally Wildes as he brings this Easter message of resurrection, new life, identity in Christ, and the purpose and direction those things provide!

On Palm Sunday Jesus' disciples provided an amazing framework for how any followers of Jesus can usher Him into all the areas of their lives as well! Small acts of faithfulness, partners in faith, generosity, serving instead of just being all talk...these are just some of the profound lessons we can learn from Jesus' apprentices on that amazing day He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. How will you...

How can Christ ever become the biggest thing in our churches and our individual lives if we just keep focusing on ourselves, promoting ourselves, and celebrating ourselves? If we want Jesus to increase in our lives, it's going to take us decreasing in priority in our own lives as well! Think of what our lives, our churches, and the body of Christ throughout the world could become if we were all de...

Take a few minutes to listen to the inspiring testimony of Aaron and Sonia Amaro, of how God has led them to transform their gas station into a place of ministry and mission and hope despite all the trials and challenges along the way! God uses the most unexpected places and ordinary people to do the most amazing things, all for His glory!

We often don't like to admit or accept our weaknesses, but what if they are the places where we will experience the power of God in the most life-changing ways? Do we want to be strong...or do we want God to be our strength? Do you both crave and celebrate God's bodacious grace in your life?!

Who do you think you are? Do you have purpose in your life? Do you envy others who seem to be doing more, getting more, receiving more? Do you know why God has made you...how God has made you? Who does God think you are? How can discovering the identity God has designed specifically for you be an incredible source of freedom, power, and meaning in your life?!!

How can anyone NOT love Jesus?! His sacrificial love, his profound wisdom, his kindness, his healing and care for the hurting, his relentless love in the face of evil and hate...they are unmatched in human history! Well perhaps it isn't actually Jesus that people reject...perhaps it is his followers? When the church at large or Christians individually fail to represent Jesus' truth and love, they...

Hearing the story of someone's miraculous encounter with God sometimes can sometimes feel unrelateable. Hearing Moses' story probably feels utterly impossible to match!  But what if God is looking to invite us all into just as intimate and powerful a relationship as He had with Moses? What if God's progressive revelation in our own lives parallels that in Moses' experience, and the experience of a...

What can we learn about God and about ourselves by exploring the mysteries and beauty and attributes of trees? As the third most mentioned thing in the Bible, behind only God and mankind, trees hold a special place in creation and carry unique significance for understanding our faith and how to live it out! Take some time with Michelle Stratton to be inspired and instructed by the design and wonde...

Who names you? Who tells you who you are? What do you think God calls you? The Bible uses some incredibly beautiful words to name God's people! Oaks of righteousness, rebuilders, repairers of ruined cities, God's delight, holy people, redeemed people, sought out ones, repairers of the breach, restorers of streets to dwell in...and more! Do you see yourself the way God does? Who will name you?!

New Hope started with a simple motto, "people helping people to help people", and throughout the 39 years of its history that has taken many forms, but always stayed true. As New Hope builds and grows in its new downtown location of Taunton, MA, its goal is still to simply help people in the love of Christ so that they will experience the love of God and be drawn to know Him more. Take a few minut...

It's not possible to add more things to our lives if our lives are already full. It's not possible to move on if we're bound to the past. It's not possible to do anything new if we just keep doing what we've been doing. What would it look like if we practiced the biblical, spiritual discipline of "releasing" in order to free ourselves up for whatever God has in store for us?! What if our sorrows d...

"We are all the same"...true or false? There are many voices in the world today saying that people are so different that they cannot accept or love or relate to or tolerate one another...but is that really true? Does God think that people are all different, or all the same? Did Jesus see people as all different or all the same? Should the Christian church all look and think the same, or be made up...

How would you define sympathy, empathy and compassion? Which of them are a divine attribute of God? Which of them implement aid and care in the world? What are the similarities and differences between them? The Bible offers the world a unique and inspiring look into a deeper meaning, source and impact of compassion! Take a few minutes with Pastor Dave to see how compassion is at the very heart of...

Join Pastor Dave Stratton and his father Art Stratton as Art shares a testimony of suffering and lessons learned from his own life and they discuss what a biblical and Christ-centered approach to suffering could look like.

In ancient Greek culture there were very wealthy individuals who were called upon to act as patrons of the arts, specifically funding choirs, plays, and famous Greek tragedies. These patrons were known as choregos, and they were millionaires and billionaires of their day that were hand-picked by the State. They spared no expense out of their own wealth to hire the best singers, furnish the best co...