Category Archives: Sermons
Spiritual Habits for Ordinary People: Study
This past Sunday, we talked about the Spiritual Habit (or Discipline) of Study. Having a Church on a college campus- study isn’t the habit that many are eager to jump into because of the study that is done throughout the … Continue reading
Why Do We Need to Develop Spiritual Habits?
We began a new sermon series this past Sunday called, “Spiritual Habits for Ordinary People.” My hope is that through the message and dialogue in Life Groups that our church will learn to develop Habits (Disicplines) that lead to spiritual … Continue reading
Turning Their Hearts Back
A week ago, I preached on the episode in Elijah’s life found in 1 Kings 18:16-46. It’s the story of Elijah taking on the 900 prophets of Baal and Asherah. It’s the story of YHWH versus Baal. If you know … Continue reading
Ruth 1: Leaving the Old Life Behind
I’m posting summaries on our Ruth sermon series throughout Lent. Part 1 can be found here. You can listen to the audio of the sermons (when our recorder works) here. In part one of Ruth, we saw how Ruth’s mother-in-law … Continue reading
A Church In The Marketplace
This Sunday, I will be preaching on Acts 17:15-33. It’s the passage of Paul encountering the philosophers on Mars Hill in Athens and telling them about Jesus. I think it’s pretty applicable to where we are as a local … Continue reading
Even More
In Sunday’s message- we looked at Acts 3:1-10 where Peter and John heal a man in 40’s who was born lame through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our focus was on expectations because this man expected to receive silver … Continue reading
Sunday Follow-Up: Living as Peacemakers
This Sunday, at Hope Church, we are in our next-to-last week of our series on the Seven Deadly Sins. As we’ve looked at each deadly sin- we’ve examined one of the Beatitudes of Jesus in Matthew 5 that show us … Continue reading
Sloth and Those Who Hunger for Justice
At Hope Church, we’re in a sermon series called SEVEN where each week, we look at one of the seven deadly sins (Pride, Envy, Sloth, Greed, Lust, Wrath, and Gluttony) as part of human condition and contrast it with the … Continue reading
Exiled Community 