The Hope Collective Message Podcast

Have you ever felt like you've wasted something? It's an experience we've all had and we all hate. And yet, so many people waste their time and energy trying to earn something that God has freely offered to give them in Jesus. In few places do we this play out more clearly than in what it means for us to be God's chosen people. Join Alpine for Part Two of "Identity Crisis" and hear Staff Pastor Al...

Two of the most important questions a person can ask in their life are "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" Our answers to these two questions form our identity: that deep sense of self and worth that keeps us going when life gets crazy. But without a rock-solid foundation for our identity, we end of jumping from one thing to another trying to find something that will never fail us. What difference wo...

Everyone puts their hope in something. It's that hope that gets us up in the morning and promises to give us happiness. For too many people, though, that hope doesn't keep its promises. And soon they either give up or immerse themselves in make-believe stories where hope doesn't fail. But what if there is a hope that won't ever let us down? What if we've been invited into a story of hope that isn'...

One of the strangest things that Jesus' disciples saw him do was curse a fig tree for seemingly no reason. Beneath the surface of this story, though, is a powerful picture of what it means to grow in Jesus' character and compassion in a way that is less about trying and more about trusting. Join Alpine Chapel for a special message from Lead Pastor Dave Mudd about the freedom that followers of Jesu...

The word "repentance" has gotten a bad reputation. For many, it's hard to even hear the word without cringing a little. When we look at the life of Jesus, though, he didn't talk about repentance as something to avoid or be afraid of. He talked about it as the key to growing in our faith. Check out a special message from Alpine's Lead Pastor, Dave Mudd, and listen as he calls out our misconceptions...

There is a tragedy that too many people experience: the feeling of having a soul-deep passion to spend eternity with God but having no desire to spend time with Him now. In this state, we often end up pursuing a vague "spirituality" and miss the very real, very present God who loves us. The good news is that we don't have to live in that tragedy. Jesus has come close enough for us to reach him ......

In the midst of the thriving port city of Smyrna lived a small community of Jesus-followers who had come under fire from their neighbors. Refusing to worship the Roman emperor or his gods, these men and women became the targets of discrimination and assault. This wasn't a surprise to Jesus but the encouragement he offered the church at Smyrna must have felt like a surprise. Rather than promising t...

The people of Laodecia couldn't have asked for more. They were healthy, wealthy, and looking forward to a bright future. But for the church that shared in the city's prosperity, there was an unforeseen side-effect. They had become blind to their spiritual need and the only one who could heal them was the one they'd lost sight of. Check out the next message in Alpine's series, "Not That Church", an...

Few things are more powerful in a person's life than their heart. When healthy and whole, it can be the source of incredible joy. But when wounded and self-protective, it becomes the source of deep pain for ourselves and others. How can we partner with Jesus as he desires to bring healing to the deepest places of our hearts and live our lives from that healing? Join Alpine Chapel for a special mes...

 What does it take for a church to last? How can a community of Jesus-followers pass on their faith to generations that come after them, lasting for centuries after those first followers are gone? Looking at the church of Philadelphia, we're met with these questions. What does it take for a church to hear the encouragement of Jesus and stand the test of time? Join Alpine Chapel for Part Five...

 The glory days of Sardis were a thing of the past. Once the chief city of the region, it had slowly fallen into a sleepy irrelevance that eventually filtered into the church, as well. A long habit of religious activity gave the church at Sardis the appearance of life, but Jesus had a different perspective. And his call to the church of Sardis is one we need to hear today.  Join Alpine C...

 Thyatira was a small, blue-collar city that was viewed as entirely dispensable. The church in Thyatira, though, was important enough to Jesus that he sends a letter celebrating their love, faith, and service. But at the same time, too many in the church at Thyatira are settling for counterfeit "truth": teachings that fail to turn people to God all for the sake of tolerance. To those in Thyat...

On the forefront of art, medicine, and government, the city of Pergamum was a cultural powerhouse. Its influence was felt across the ancient world to the point where the church in Pergamum had started to look more like the city than it did Jesus. They believed in Jesus, sure, but that belief wasn't informing their behavior. Jesus' letter to the church in Pergamum is a reminder that following Jesus...

The church of Ephesus had everything going for it: good doctrine, good works, and a rich history. After decades of following Jesus, though, it had lost something: love. The words of Jesus to the church of Ephesus are a call to the church to reclaim the love that it once had for God and for others. It's a call that is answered by remembering who God is and what he has done in our lives. Check out P...

 Social media, movies, and even our music is filled with a message we can all recite: "follow your heart". The problem is that while our heart can tell us what we want, it can't tell us how to live in a way that enjoys God and blesses others. For that, we need the teachings of Jesus and a community of other Jesus-followers who will come alongside us and help us not to "follow our hearts", but...

 Courage is something we admire in others and aspire to in our own lives. What often happens, though, is that we let our stories and circumstances get the better of us and settle for something less than the courage God wants to give us. So what does God-given courage look like and how do we start living out this courage that we've been missing for so long? Join Alpine Chapel for Part Thr...

 Happiness is a tricky thing. We plan and work and sacrifice to get our circumstances right, thinking that the right circumstances will make us happy. But eventually, our circumstances change and so does our happiness. Jesus came to offer us something better than temporary happiness. He came to offer us lasting joy. And the key to that joy is discovering how to delight in God. Check out Part...

 What gets to define who you are? Your family? Your job? What society says you should be? Too often we give these things permission to define our identity. But an identity based on anything besides what God says about us is a lie. To understand embrace the life that Jesus came to give us, we have to open ourselves to what God says is true (about himself and about us). Check out Part One of Al...

 At Christmas, we celebrate the joy of knowing that God came to be with us in Jesus. What we tend to look over, though, is the joy that God must have had when he was able to be among his children again. The beautiful relationship he always intended for us no longer needed mediators and second-hand accounts. It was now face-to-face, just like he always wanted it to be. And the priority God tha...

 Christmas marks the arrival of so many things: candy canes, eggnog, and gifts under the tree. When Jesus arrived, though, he was the fulfillment of God's promises and the answer to our deepest needs. Every year since people have celebrated the new life and joy that they received when Jesus showed up. How will you respond to the arrival of Jesus this Christmas? Join Alpine Chapel for our Chri...

So many of our problems, worries, and stress involve one particular area of our life that we don't like to talk about (especially not in church!). But if God cares about our lives, then it only makes sense that he has something meaningful to say about the thing that seems to impact so much of our lives: money. In fact, there can really be no significant growth in our spiritual lives until we put o...

Two thousand years ago in a backwater town in Israel, a young woman gave birth to a son who would split time in two. This child was the fulfillment of a promise that God had made to his people long ago: that he would free his people from their suffering. No one expected that God would fulfill his promise by entering into their suffering himself. But this was the path of Jesus and it is the path of...

Each one of us is searching for something. Whether it's answers to our questions or healing for our deepest hurts, we'll go to any lengths to find the solution to our needs. But what if that solution isn't a thing? And what if that solution we're trying to find actually came to find us? Join Alpine Chapel for a special message from speaker, life coach, and friend of Alpine, Karrie Garcia. Listen a...

There is a good that God has in store for his people. It begins when we decide to follow Jesus and allow him to call the shots in our life. As we follow him, he changes our character to be more like his. And as he changes us, we begin to understand and undertake the good works that he has prepared for us to do. But if we want to be a part of God's overcoming evil with good, we must allow him to ch...

At the core of the HOPE Jesus offers is the idea of "eternal life". It's the kind of life that finds its power and purpose in what God is doing in the world. It overflows from an identity the world can't give us and results in a responsibility that we can't ignore. It's the kind of life that begins with a decision to follow Jesus and moves us to celebrate and share his good news with the world aro...