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How Do We Go On?

I’ve been preaching through the Book of Acts this spring/summer. It’s been a lot of fun seeing how the Holy Spirit called and equipped ordinary men and women to spread the Good News of Jesus. Yesterday, while I was studying … Continue reading

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Sweat Equity and Miracles

I am reading Mark Patterson’s book, The Grave Robber, which takes a look at Jesus’ miracles or “signs” in the Gospel of John. The tagline of the book gives away the purpose of Batterson writing: “How Jesus can make your impossible possible.” … Continue reading

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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

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Ruth 1: Letting Go

Hope Church- where I pastor- is studying the Book of Ruth during the season of Lent. I love Ruth because it is short (4 chapters), yet in it we see many modern issues that allow the Holy Spirit to speak … Continue reading

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What Are You Waiting For?

I’m not very good at waiting- or sitting still for that matter. If you call me on the phone, I usually have to stand up and pace around while we talk. But there is nothing like having to “hurry up … Continue reading

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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

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Both/And > Either/Or

I like to eat. Often, when there is a selection of food and I’m given the choice of hand-cut, cooked in peanut oil french fries or freshly sliced, hand-breaded onion rings, I say yes. Because in my gluttony- two is … Continue reading

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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

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