Hope Alliance Bethlehem
A sermon podcast of Hope Alliance Church
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 583
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Imperfect Status
In the interwoven story of Jesus healing a bleeding woman and the daughter of a synagogue leader, we see two important truths about Jesus. First, he is completely interruptible. And second, he is c…
00:35:46 |
Sun 21 Oct 2018
The Burning Bush
The story of Moses meeting God at the burning bush is at its core a story about our God who relentless pursues us. He seeks Moses by coming down the mountain and entering into the natural path of Mos…
00:33:12 |
Sun 07 Oct 2018
Why Baptism?
Baptism is an act of obedience that announces and aligns ourselves with God's gracious rescue in Jesus. In our baptism, we dramatically and symbolically portray the great thing God has done to ultim…
00:37:02 |
Sun 09 Sep 2018
Unquenched
This teaching ends our series on the Holy Spirit by highlighting Paul's urge to the church to not quench the Spirit. It is followed up by a question and answer time based on questions we received du…
00:47:39 |
Sun 02 Sep 2018
Spirit and Supernatural
The Spirit works supernaturally in and through the church according to his will and power. This is not a license to pursue spiritual elitism, power, gain or ecstatic distraction. Rather it is a rem…
00:49:35 |
Sun 26 Aug 2018
Spirit and Gifts
Spiritual gifts are part of God's empowerment in our lives to serve his church and extend his kingdom. They are from his grace and meant to be used in his power and for his glory. We discover our g…
00:43:55 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Spirit and Victory
The Spirit is in every believer in Jesus. In fact, he is at work in our lives in power and testimony. He is powerfully transforming us from life to death and testifying to us about our acceptance b…
00:39:54 |
Sun 05 Aug 2018
Spirit and Guidance
To best understand how the Holy Spirit guides Christ-followers, we need to see that God created humans as creative decision-makers, that the Spirit wants to us to understand WHO we are WITH God on mi…
00:43:34 |
Sun 29 Jul 2018
Spirit and Living
The "Fruits of the Spirit" in Galatians 5 are actually the fruit of Belief that leads to Behavior by the power and motivation of the Holy Spirit. When we believe that we are alive to righteousness an…
00:39:27 |
Sun 22 Jul 2018
Spirit and Us
The presence of the Spirit in our lives makes true life accessible and it is by the Spirit that true life is achieved. The indwelling of the Spirit is a down payment guaranteeing access to the life …
00:43:42 |
Sun 08 Jul 2018
Spirit and Pentecost
In Acts 2 we see the event of Pentecost dramatically shape the early church. What we discover is that the event is not as important as the intent of the Holy Spirit to make Jesus known IN us and THR…
00:38:36 |
Sun 01 Jul 2018
Spirit and Jesus
Jesus told his disciples that it was better for them that he went away, so the Spirit could come. Why would he say something like this? Because the Spirit would break two critical boundaries to the…
00:43:32 |
Sun 24 Jun 2018
Spirit and God
The Holy Spirit is an often overlooked, but critically important part of the Christian faith. This introductory talk covers the doctrine of the Trinity, the Spirit's role therein, and the continual …
00:36:54 |
Sun 17 Jun 2018
Worship as Mission
In the Christian life, worship and mission go together. Genuine mission cannot exist apart from worship. And genuine worship always leads to mission. There's much to do as we bear witness to God i…
00:37:16 |
Sun 10 Jun 2018
Worship as Obedience
True happiness comes from a life lived God's way. But obedience is not something to simply be added to our lives. It is the result of a true and deep affection for a God whose grace, mercy and love…
00:38:10 |
Sun 03 Jun 2018
Worship as Justice
In Psalm 72 we see that God is a God of justice and compassion and that throughout human history He has sought to bring those things to bear using the people and kings of Israel. Ultimately, justice…
00:44:51 |
Sun 27 May 2018
Worship as Restoration
When David wrote Psalm 51 after his colossal sins with Bathsheba and Uriah, his poem of confession gives us a picture of the role of worship in restoration. He affirms the story of restoration from …
00:37:36 |
Sun 20 May 2018
Worship as Practice
"God is our refuge" and "Be still and know that I am God" are encouraging words of exhortation from Psalm 46 for times of struggle in our lives. But they are hard to live in to if we have not been l…
00:39:06 |
Sun 13 May 2018
Worship as Identity
In Psalm 24, we are faced with the challenging question, "who can ascend the mountain of God?" In relaying this question, the psalmist shows us the identity of God as Creator and our identity as c…
00:42:09 |
Sun 06 May 2018
For Those Who Need Direction
In the book of Acts we find the dramatic account of Saul, the destroyer of the early church. He has an encounter with the risen Jesus that changes his direction in life and the course of history. W…
00:41:12 |
Sun 29 Apr 2018
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