Hope Alliance Nazareth

In Luke 8, Jesus invites Peter into the room when he raises a dead girl back to life.  Jesus demonstrates to Peter and to us that he is relevant, relational, and able to speak life into death.  And t…

One of the earliest lessons Peter and the disciples learn from Jesus is how he prioritizes his time with the Father.  Even after a long and exhilarating day of ministry, Jesus retreats to meet with G…

In John 1 and Luke 5 we find the most common man with a common job renamed and repurposed to join Jesus as a fisher of men.  Our lives, too, are radically changed when we give control of lives to Jes…

Our hope for restoration and wholeness is not found in a good economy, a return to normalcy, or having things under control.  The prophet Ezekiel shows us that the breath of God is what brings new li…

Where is God during hard times?  Is God absent?  Does God still care for his people?  These the are the questions that the author of Esther wants us to wrestle with when we read about the Jewish orph…

Jeremiah's letter to the exiles was both good and bad news.  Seventy years of captivity, but even that could not rescind God's faithfulness.  His plan for them was a certain future and it brought wit…

When things get tough we often wonder where God is, if God is punishing us, if God has abandoned us altogether, or even has enough power or love to intervene.  We learn from the story of Joseph that …

In Daniel 3 we find the story of three young men who were living in strange times in a foreign land...in exile.  Their faithfulness to God testified to God's faithfulness and how no God can save like…

The eyewitness accounts of the centurion and Mary to the crucifixion and resurrection are so informative to us.  They show us the significance of a real encounter with Jesus that leads to a whole new…

In Paul's very personal closing words to the Galatians, he lets them know one more time that boasting in the cross and finish work of Jesus is the mark of the true people of God; not works of legalis…

Paul takes time to help the Galatians see that their Gospel freedom should lead them to move towards one another and carry their burdens as opposed to legalism that simply burdens people with more.

Paul tries to show the Galatians readers and us that freedom in the Gospel doesn't lead to self-serving.  Rather, freedom FROM legalism leads TO being yoked to Jesus.  That in turn leads to loving Go…

Religion has no power to gain us access to God or to transform us.  It is on the gospel that can set us free into God's family and unto a whole new experience of life.  So, stand firm in this gospel!

Using the famous story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar as an allegorical device, the apostle Paul helps the Galatians and us to see that we are actually children of the promise through Jesus.  While doi…

In Galatians 4:11-20 Paul takes a distinctly personal tone.  In this brief passage we get a better understanding of Paul's missional mindset as well as his pastoral friendship to the Galatian churche…

Paul encourages the Galatians and us that when we put on Christ we are adopted as sons of God.  Christ and the spirit of sonship stands in direct contrast to the putting on of our own identity-buildi…

Paul makes it very clear that the promises of God have always been the point, not the Law of Moses.  But if that's the case, what was the Law for?  Was it a trick?  Was it simply to preoccupy the Isr…

In Galatians 2, Paul tells his readers that the threat to gospel freedom is often a subtle, quiet infiltration.  He uses his own story again to tell them that additions to the Gospel must be vigorous…

Rather than simply telling the Galatians "Believe what I said because I told you so", Paul recounts his own story of gospel transformation.  In doing so, he is helping the Galatians (and us) see that…