Heaven and Hale

Pastor Joseph preached a FIERY message Sunday Morning (but in the best way). This recap is all about looking at some very familiar scriptures in a different light. Matthew 16 tells us "the gates of H…

Remember that old Matthew West song? "I don't want to go through the motions/I don't want to go one more day"

It happens to the best of us, but thankfully we have a Savior who has seen it before and m…

Praise the Lord! I'm praying for a safe school year for all our back-to-school friends, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Today's message at Hope was all about teaching TRUTH to the next generat…

Don't understand the Bible? Maybe you just need to read from a different translation! It's so easy to access different translations of the Bible, especially with the Bible app or on the internet. How…

Foreboding joy, the original sin, David's mighty men, and fallen trees... that's what this episode is all about. 

Have you ever experienced a day, or a moment, just so good that you worry something ba…

Today is our final day with the book of Romans, and we will be covering all of chapter 16. I don’t know about you, but it has been life changing for me. I’m not trying to be dramatic or boastful at a…

Today we are reading Romans 15:14-33, and friends, it is the beginning of the end. We have entered the “Closing” section of Paul’s letter form. This is where he tells those he is writing to about his…

Alright, let’s jump into chapter 15. The first few verses of chapter 15 are a continuation of the conversation we’ve been having on recognizing differences and disagreements and how to live at peace …

Today we are finishing up chapter fourteen with the last ten verses, verses 13-23. Yesterday we talked about what to do when we disagree with other members in the body of Christ, or in the church, an…

I cannot believe I am saying this, but ya’ll we are winding down with Romans! We just have four more episodes after today. Today we will talk about the first part of chapter 14, verses 1-12, and tomo…

Today we are reading Romans 13. It is just 14 verses, so we will talk about the whole chapter today. Romans 13 is really a continuation of chapter 12. You probably know this, but the men and women wh…

I'm so excited to have my favorite guest (and the only guest I've ever had) here to recap yesterday AND last Sunday's message. Joseph is with me to talk about parts two and three of the community ser…

I’m calling today Romans 12 Part II because we are really just talking about all of chapter twelve again, in light of what we talked about yesterday, which is that you can’t have chapter twelve witho…

Paul spent the first eleven chapters in just deep, theological thought, but then he gets to chapter twelve and it’s like “Okay, now let me put the kid gloves on.” There’s a good reason for that, and …

I am so excited to wrap up chapter 11 with you all today, and talk about all the things I didn’t get to talk about yesterday. But first, let’s review. Do you remember what the metanarrative is? A met…

We are wrapping up this section today and tomorrow. Chapters 9-11 all belong together because they answer that “essential question” we’ve been talking about for days: “What about the Jews? What about…

Today we are finishing up Romans Chapter 10, reading verses 14-21. Yesterday we began talking about Israel’s rejection of Jesus, which begs the question: How, if all the law and the prophets of the O…

Today we are talking about Romans 10:1-13. It’s not a lot of scripture, and I don’t think it will take very long to talk through what’s going on here, but I do think we have a great opportunity to po…

Yesterday we started a section that will answer a big question for Jewish Christians. Do you all remember in elementary school when the teacher would write the “Essential Question” on the board? Or i…

Romans 9 is a difficult chapter to swallow, there are some verses in here that make NO SENSE, even compared to some of the other things we have read previously in this book! Let’s just go ahead and p…