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
Margin - Relationships
Far too often we sacrifice relationships for tasks. Yet, God created us with an internal need for connectedness and community. In fact, we cannot live the life God created us for without them. The…
00:45:43 |
Sun 04 Oct 2015
Margin - Knowing God
Knowing about God is not the same thing as knowing God. We can spend lots of time reading and studying and learning and never really know God himself. The Bible shows that truly seeking God is lean…
00:51:33 |
Sun 27 Sep 2015
Margin - Choices
Life is filled with choices - so many in fact, that it is often overwhelming. In order to make the most of our life and build margin, we have to know how to make the right choices. Scripture offers…
00:46:36 |
Sun 20 Sep 2015
Margin - Storytellers
How our life's story unfolds is directly related to who we let tell our story. The world around us is trying to tell our story by asking, "What can you do for me?" This leads us to tell our own sto…
00:49:52 |
Sun 13 Sep 2015
Beatitudes - Those Who are Persecuted
When Jesus says it is blessed to be persecuted, he isn't referring to bringing on persecution in your own righteousness. That is simply being a hypocrite or being obnoxious. He says blessed are tho…
00:40:19 |
Sun 06 Sep 2015
Beatitudes - The Peacemakers (Part 2)
Those who have received God's peace are naturally and intuitively peacemakers, calling others to peace with God and cultivating peace with people around them. A peacekeeper is someone who sees others…
00:38:30 |
Sun 30 Aug 2015
Beatitudes - The Peacemakers (Part 1)
In order to be a peacemaker, we must first receive peace. This is what it means to be called children of God. The gospel is the wonderful news that a God who we have made war against our entire lif…
00:46:52 |
Sun 23 Aug 2015
Beatitudes - The Pure in Heart
To be pure in heart is to be free from sin. But to be able to see God we need to be pure in heart. Therein lies the central human problem - the very thing we were created to do and be we cannot do …
00:44:18 |
Sun 16 Aug 2015
Beatitudes - The Merciful
Our mercifulness does not earn God's mercy for us. Rather our mercifulness is evidence that we have received God's mercy. So, just as God's mercy is driven by his covenant faithfulness and costly f…
00:46:42 |
Sun 09 Aug 2015
Beatitudes - Those Who Hunger and Thirst
To hunger and thirst for righteousness at its core is to seek acceptance and approval. This is a universal human reality. Far too often, we seek this through worldly affirmation or religious achiev…
00:41:41 |
Sun 02 Aug 2015
Beatitudes - The Meek
At first glance the word meek is so lackluster - who wants to be meek? But a closer look helps us see a person who remains powerful, but now under the influence of the Spirit and deeply formed by th…
00:45:00 |
Sun 26 Jul 2015
Beatitudes - Those who Mourn
Blessed are those who mourn...really? Definitely! When Jesus speaks these words he is not referring to a constant state of doom or negativity, but to a sorrowful awareness of sin. The presence of …
00:48:14 |
Sun 19 Jul 2015
Beatitudes - The Poor in Spirit
In this first beatitude, Jesus uses the imagery of utter destitution - a bankrupt and desperate beggar completely dependent upon others for survival. And he applies it to the entire crowd in regards…
00:49:46 |
Sun 12 Jul 2015
Beatitudes - An Introduction
The beatitudes are the beginning of an inauguration address to engage a wide ranging audience with the good new of the kingdom. This introduction sets the stage for our study of the beatitudes by sh…
00:47:14 |
Sun 05 Jul 2015
2 Samuel 11-12 – The Story Beyond our Failure
David’s sin of adultery leads to a massive cover up. In response, the Lord sends Nathan to rebuke David. But this is not the end of the story. David, moving from cover up to repentance, experiences m…
00:44:05 |
Sun 21 Jun 2015
Will One Thing
The call to make disciples is a universal call for all followers of Jesus, not just those who go to foreign lands. Where is God calling you to go? And are you trusting him by following. When we do…
00:44:11 |
Sun 14 Jun 2015
1 Samuel - Strengthened in the Lord
Coming home on a massive high, David and his men return to calamity. The town is ransacked, their families are captured and the men are turning on David. How do you respond to turmoil in life? Dav…
00:41:31 |
Sun 31 May 2015
1 Samuel - Misguided Desperation
There's a significant difference between being desperate for God and being desperate for what God can offer. When we feel far from God, it is our desperation for him that bridges the gap. But our d…
00:52:31 |
Sun 24 May 2015
1 Samuel - Living in Exile
Tired from running and in a moment of weakness, David finds himself seeking refuge again amongst the Philistines. Even in this major failure on the part of David, two things stand out about God. Fi…
00:45:44 |
Sun 17 May 2015
1 Samuel - Abigail and the Fools
Reading the story of Nabal reminds us that we are all in some way at our core foolish. Whether we are greedy like Nabal, vengeful like David or trusting the wrong things like Saul, we are prone to g…
00:43:06 |
Sun 10 May 2015
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