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
Love
Loving others is foundational to Christian faith, yet difficult to live out. In this talk we look at the origin of Christian love and some practical ways to try and grow this character trait in part…
00:36:03 |
Sun 26 Nov 2017
Generosity
God is generous. And he calls his people to be generous people. True generosity is found in the gospel and in a life lived in response to the gospel. We are called to a radical, sacrificial genero…
00:54:35 |
Sun 19 Nov 2017
Prayer
Prayer was never meant to be some religious activity for the spiritual elites. It is actually one of God's means of welcoming us into his loving arms. In prayer, we reflect on who God is and what h…
00:50:35 |
Sun 12 Nov 2017
Holy Spirit
In this talk we look at how the Holy Spirit works in both dynamic and subtle ways to make us "Heaven and Earth" people that reveal God to the world around us. This was God's intent as prophesied in …
00:41:51 |
Sun 05 Nov 2017
Bible
The Bible, inspired by God, is a gracious gift that provides for us the wisdom that leads to salvation. In other words, it faithfully and authoritatively tells God's story. So, engaging with the Bibl…
00:41:34 |
Sun 29 Oct 2017
Faith
Faith is not just a set of beliefs or an internal feeling. More than anything it is action. Action on the basis of hope. When Scripture calls us to faith, it is calling us to act on the hope we ha…
00:47:31 |
Sun 22 Oct 2017
Long Story Short - New Creation
God's story will conclude just as it began - God dwelling with his people in his perfection creation. God will fulfill his promise to make all things new. This is both a great hope to believers liv…
00:45:26 |
Sun 15 Oct 2017
Long Story Short - Church
The resurrection of Jesus was a world-altering event. It gave rise to a new gathering of the people of God called the church and unleashed the kingdom of God into the world. As followers of Jesus, …
00:42:48 |
Sun 08 Oct 2017
Long Story Short - Jesus
Jesus shows up to an Israel still very much defined by exile. And in Jesus we see God make good on his covenant by rescuing humanity. As a new Adam, Jesus demonstrates his trust in God. As a new M…
00:51:16 |
Sun 01 Oct 2017
Long Story Short - Covenant
How will God deal with the ever growing pervasiveness of evil outside the garden? He moves to bring the world back to himself through a man and ultimately a nation. He promises to bless them and ca…
00:44:15 |
Sun 24 Sep 2017
Long Story Short - Fall
How could an apple bring about the interruption of a perfection creation? The truth is that the problem lies much deeper. Humanity's prideful pursuit of autonomy has traumatized all of our relation…
00:38:20 |
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Long Story Short - Creation
The story of God starts off in a compelling way by sharing the story of creation. While people tend to be consumed with the "how" question of creation. The storyteller is far more concerned with th…
00:31:16 |
Sun 10 Sep 2017
Hebrews - Jesus and Suffering
In Hebrews 12, the author is reaching the conclusion and purpose of the letter: to encourage the readers to endure the suffering they are going through.Today, nearly 2000 years later the call to endu…
00:39:55 |
Sun 03 Sep 2017
Hebrews - Jesus, Our Motivator
Jesus, and all he has accomplished on our behalf, calls us to be a family on mission. We are not alone, neither in isolation nor in our responsibility to one another. We are, instead, called to enc…
00:39:54 |
Sun 27 Aug 2017
Hebrews - Jesus, Our Perfect Sacrifice
The Old Testament system of worship called for sacrifices to cover the sin of the people. But now through Jesus work on the cross, God himself has provided a perfect and final sacrifice. When we pl…
00:41:08 |
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Hebrews - Jesus, Our Peace
Genuine peace doesn't come from conjuring up an emotion. Genuine peace is found only in the person of Jesus who has not only paid a debt that we could not, but has also given us access to the full b…
00:52:22 |
Sun 13 Aug 2017
Hebrews - Jesus, Our Intercessor
In Jesus, we have a high priest who has finished our atonement, but continues his advocacy for us. He can sympathize with our earthly struggles and is ready to offer grace and mercy to those who see…
00:44:04 |
Sun 30 Jul 2017
Hebrews - Jesus, Our Rest
Often times are thoughts are consumed with our current circumstances. This usually leads to a life of grumbling. Jesus offers us a better way. If we exercise our faith by moving our thoughts from …
00:53:30 |
Sun 23 Jul 2017
Hebrews - Jesus, Our Confidence
God’s story in Jesus is the story that frames all other stories. When we make our story more important than Jesus’ story, or we make ourselves the hero of the story instead of Jesus, we will not exp…
00:45:55 |
Sun 16 Jul 2017
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