Hope Church Mill Creek

The thought that man was not an accidental evolution of primordial stardust, but instead an intricately designed creation of God is amazing. Add to that, this Creator Jehovah God cares for man intimately and is genuinely interested in his life and eternity - just incredible! The Wonder of wonders, O how could it be? That God became flesh and was given for me! The Almighty came down and walked amon...

People judge. We often judge. And we know the Lord judges. "Judgment" as it seems is a fabric weaved into our society and even the whole of life. The difference between how Christians judge and how unbelievers judge should be vastly different in fairness, equity, and reason. Perhaps though, the primary difference should be the fact that we judge ourselves accurately and fairly first so t...

All the "what-ifs" of life can most certainly haunt us. Time is also unforgiving and moves on no matter what. As per cause & effect, we make decisions and then often feel the consequences of those decisions, and sometimes those are quite painful. Hopelessness, despair, and grief have plagued mankind since the fall and we have all had tastes of these unsavory characters in our own way...

God's love is enormous, beautiful, and magnificently deep. However, it doesn't change the fact that he hates sin and punishes those who choose to live and die apart from Him. "There is no such thing as 'abstract evil' except in dictionaries and philosophy books" (Wiersbe). The church today must wrestle with these uncomfortable truths, always being faithful to Scripture an...

Last week, our church stopped for a moment and just breathed in prayer and spent time with each other in the Spirit of the Almighty God - and what a beautiful experience it was. This week, we jump back into the Psalms as King David also reaches out in desperate prayer of reflection on his currently negative situation. Obviously, we today, also have difficult and trying times and experiences. It ma...

"Help!" Sometimes, that is all we need to say. Life is often difficult, but during some seasons, this life that we are living seems downright impossible! In the first real prayer of the book of Psalms, the author conveys this tone of hopelessness, despair, and even anxiety. What we hope you will feel today is permission... permission to be raw, unfiltered, and honest with our Lord. If we...

Serving and knowing God through the person of Jesus is a blessing. And what a joy it is! However, in carrying out this beautiful honor, human beings must acknowledge authority of Jesus, and therein respect the rules and guidelines Scripture sets for us. We are free to live our lives, but life is so much better when we follow His rules and when we are guided by The Word and The Spirit. Genuinely, t...

In this life there are two ways of being human - being godly or ungodly. Godly people live by faith while ungodly people live by sight. Godly people possess wisdom from above that helps them navigate life's uncertainties while ungodly people crumble when they are caught by surprise. Godly people bless others simply by their existence, while ungodly people tend to drain others. Our goal, obviou...

Crisis... This is where many meet God for the first time, and even subsequently thereafter. The writer of the Scripture passages we are reading today found himself in this state after pursuing what seems like every possible venture, and yet still experiencing desperation, hopelessness, and a loss for life's meaning. These feelings are not limited to unbelievers. When not focused on Christ, the...

Our relationship with Jesus should be a priority in the life of a follower of Jesus. We should prioritize his teachings and make ourselves available to him so that we can live and look like Jesus. We can become just as distracted by well-intentioned overactivity as we can by cares, riches, and pleasures of this life. Our relationship with Jesus is the necessary thing in this life. To be a disciple...

A mother's love is a distinct, sacrificial love noted specifically in the Greek language of the New Testament as "philoteknos." This word translated as "love" implies caring, nurturing, meeting needs, embracing, and befriending. A mother's love is always changing and morphing as children grow, yet Scripture informs us there is always a crucial role for a Godly mother from the stages of "bringing u...

The Lord's Supper and Baptism - the two biblical ordinances that Jesus left us. Today, we are partaking in both here at Hope Church Mill Creek. Let us take some time to observe what Jesus instructed to us before he left this earth. We will partake in Communion with our brothers and sisters in Christ both in this place and all around the world, while we also observe & rejoice with others ta...

We are so glad you are here with us today on Easter and we hope and pray that Jesus speaks to you through the kindness and generosity of our people. Thank you so much for being here. Followers of Jesus all over the globe celebrate the holiday of Easter because of the life, death, and resurrection of a man named Jesus. It is for us truly a holy day. The questions we'd like to answer today are,...

Happy Palm Sunday to you! Even though we dealt with this part of Jesus' story during last Sunday's sermon, we still encourage you to say "Hosanna!" or "O save!" to Jesus whether you never have or you need His grace again for the 100th or 1,000th time. Remember, God resists the proud but He gives grace to the humble. Today, we go back to that final week where everything begins to physically fall ap...

Today we begin talking about the last week of Jesus' earthly life in our Easter series we've called, "The Journey." From the manger to the cross, the entire life and ministry of our Lord was full of risk, danger, excitement, joy, sadness, love, and sacrifice. During this week, however, the Christ allowed all eyes to be fixated on Him. Know this would ultimately lead to his death,...

We are are so glad you are listening here. If you have a hurt, habit, or hang-up, you are in good company because, well... we all do! We at Hope Church exist to help you become a passionate follower of Jesus. If you have never committed to following Him, we can help lead you to Him. If you have faltered or swayed, or you struggle with doubting your faith, we all have. We want to walk alongside you...

Today, we finish our "Jesus and _____" series with one of the most basic but necessary disciplines in the life of a follower of Christ, that is prayer. The act of prayer, or talking to The Lord has been central to lovers of God for thousands of years. We are wired for and need communication with Him. The question though for many of us is, how? Good news, the disciples had the same query! Let us le...

What are we here for? What are we doing? What is our purpose in life? What are my next steps? These are questions we all wrestle with. One thing many of us know is that to be lost, wandering, and without purpose is no fun at all. Part of THE Good News though, is that HE has the plan! It is comforting to know that all of the pressure regarding our decisions doesn't actually fall on us, but Him!...

Discouragement, insecurity, sadness, apathy, fear - all people wrestle with negative emotions from time to time, and some more than others. It seems it is simply part of being human. Because of this, we all need a little encouragement sometimes. In this week's text, we will look at an unlikely biblical character who needed some much positive attention and encouragement, and how Jesus himself p...

Who is Jesus? We've read about Him, studied His sayings, and talked about His life. But who is He... to you? Does the Person of Jesus have any real effect in your life, mentality, or behavior? For the next few weeks until the Easter season begins, we will simply talk about Jesus - comparing and contrasting his thoughts, parables, philosophies, and actions with ours. The hope is that we come to kno...

This last week of the month at Hope Church means we slow down and place our focus on the Last Supper, the Lord's Supper that we call Communion. Jesus, in preparation for his imminent death in sacrifice for all humanity, took one more opportunity to be with disciples and share bread and wine with them to signify his upcoming sacrifice for us all.

This time of year, love is talked about quite a bit. With the commercial marketing of pinks, reds, hearts, roses, and stuffed animals, we can see that the focus on this holiday is obviously romantic love. We as Americans love love. We talk about it, sing about it, imagine it, and long for it. There's something in our soul that seems to need it. While Scripture acknowledges and celebrates this...

Join us for Recovery Alive and enjoy listening to Outlaw Gospel songs by Andrew Marshall, and Charlene Marshall share her powerful testimony of the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

Sacrifice is hard. Taking something of value in the here-and-now, and making an educated trade for something else potentially more valuable in the future is very much a risk. In Scripture, however, we come to understand that our lives are not our own, so then, giving what we "own" becomes much easier. For we realize that everything we have, all the way down to each cell in our body, belo...

Recently in Scripture, we have uncovered what "worship" is for us - a right response toward God in spirit and action. When a soul encounters the one, true, and holy God through the Person of Jesus, a proper response would be surrender and submission to Him. Interestingly, this doesn't seem to come to us (and through us) naturally in our flesh. Over the next few weeks at Hope Church in Roxboro, we...