Living Hope Church Sermons

True ministry is grounded in the Word of God and fueled by the Spirit of God—without compromise. In Acts 13, we follow Paul and Barnabas as they boldly preach the gospel, navigating both spiritual power and fierce opposition.

What does it really mean to serve like Jesus? In this Job Fair Sunday sermon, we explore the moment when the King of Kings knelt to wash His disciples' feet—and what that radical act means for how we live and serve today.

In this Mother's Day message, we dive into the story of Mary and Martha to explore the overwhelming pressures women often carry—and to offer freedom at the feet of Jesus.

Everyone will experience doubt, but it's what we do with it that makes the difference. Lindsay and Chris Hubbard explain how to overcome doubt and remain ‘unoffended' when God does not answer our prayers in the way we hope.

In Acts 13, we encountering Paul and Barnabas take on a false prophet who called himself a “son of Jesus.” In this story, we see what it looks like for disciples of Jesus to discern when to be gentle and when to rebuke.

The Messiah would not be handsome like David. He would be humble as a servant. He would step off His throne, be beaten, and killed as a sacrificial lamb on behalf of the people. But death couldn't hold Him. Life has overcome death, order has overcome chaos. The King has won.

Palm Sunday is a reminder that Jesus did not come to put one nation above another. He came to clean up His house, and usher in the Kingdom of Heaven into all the world.

When Peter was chained in a prison cell, the church didn't panic—they prayed. And not just casually, but with earnest prayer that shook heaven and opened prison doors.

What does it look like to have the assurance and conviction needed for radical risk-taking in the kingdom of God? John Privett opens up Hebrews 11:1-3 to find out.

Amidst a backdrop of ethnic and religious differences between Antioch and Jerusalem, we encounter the beginnings of the ministry of Barnabas and Saul (soon to be called Paul).

In Part II of our exploration of Peter's visit to Cornelius in Acts 10, we focus on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

In Acts 10, we see God take Peter past his cultural and even theological boundaries in order to preach the gospel to a community of people Peter had considered unclean. God knows your weaknesses, and He has made allowances for them, but you must be willing to have your paradigm challenged by the Word of God.

Acts 9:32-43 reminds us that God's healing power is still at work even after Christ's ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Paul's story shows us that believing in Jesus is not simply about loving people and getting along better—it is about clinging to the revelation of Jesus as the Son of God.

Our maturity as Christians is shown by our love. But the maturity of our love is shown through our self-awareness and emotional health. Brice Fogle walks us through what it looks like to work through our insecurities in a Christ-centered way so we can become more confident, secure people.

The conversion of Saul isn't just a story meant to entertain us. It's an encounter meant to change us. While unique, Paul's encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus should stir us to hunger for the same level of encounter.

The best sign of a growing church isn't adding more people—it's adding more elders. So what are the roles and responsibilities of an elder? Carl Herrington explains.

We are a sent people, not a stationary people. The church does not have a mission, the mission has a church. God is sending you to someone—who is it?

Acts 8 tells the story of two men: Simon the Magician and Philip the Evangelist. Simon seeks the fame of his own name, and the increase of his own influence. Philip seeks the fame of the name of Christ, and the increase of His kingdom in Samaria.

We explore the crucifixion of Christ, both its significance at the time it happened and what it means for us today.

Where is God in the moment you are living through right now? Whether the season is hard or easy, God is still there. So what is He doing?

God's love is the kind of love that dies for people that reject Him. Utterly, reject Him, declaring that they love the things He created more than Him. Jesus coming to the manger was motivated by God's covenant love, promised to unfaithful people.

Jesus is brought to you by the sovereign will of God. Without the sovereignty of God, there is no baby in a manger. Christmas means that God has used His sovereign power to enter into human suffering to remove it.

Holiness is an attribute of God, but it also characterizes all of His other attributes. The aim of this 3 week advent series is not to put God in tidy categories for you. Actually, the goal is the opposite. It is to lead us into being in awe of God.

Our society's primary motive right now is fear. But Acts tells us a different story about how we should handle fear, specifically the fear of persecution. Jesus tells us—and the early church shows us—that when we face persecution, our hardest day can simultaneously be our greatest day.

Stephen had a revelation that had become the theological foundation of the New Testament Church. But it was this same revelation that got Stephen killed. Stephen bore witness to Jesus before the mob, and Jesus stood to bear witness to him before heaven.

If you look at your life, how you spend your time, talent, and treasure – is it characterized by serving? The advancement of the Kingdom of God requires no money and no talent. It only requires the Holy Spirit and willing servants. Jesus is redefining what it means to be a disciple. The higher your authority, the fewer rights you possess. The peak position of the Christian is servant.

In order to join God in His mission, we don't just need His heart. We need His power. Clark Beck shares about what it looks like to be filled with the Spirit—and to be filled over and over again—so that we can take the gospel to the nations.

Christianity is a message, with content that is expressed in words. We are right to be concerned about our lives matching our message. But it is not enough to live it, if we are not willing to say it.

Message from Ben Cotten on October 27, 2024

The apostles were more concerned with being faithful to Jesus than they were with establishing a more comfortable life in Jerusalem. This drove them to pray, and it set the agenda of their prayers.

When we know who we are in Christ, it empowers us to put off our old selves and become the new creations that God has redeemed us to be. But what does it look like to walk this out practically, day by day?

Don't settle for what you can do, but stir up hunger for what only God can do. Acts 3 begins with a story that reveals to us how the name of Jesus is both the source of healing as well as the source of the faith for his followers to see miracles of healing.

Jesus is not only alive IN His Church, but He is alive THROUGH His Church. As a culture, we idolize individuality, self-expression, and putting our own pursuit of happiness over concern for others. The Spirit is calling us together. We cannot do the mission of Jesus alone.

The Holy Spirit's mission is bigger than you, but it is not less than you. The disciples were transformed, in an instant, from disciples to apostles. And in that moment, the Church was born. We need to set our bar of expectation at spiritual transformation, not just incremental improvement.

The first group of Christians are no different from us. They have the same worries and pressures and fears that you do. Their culture is not easier or harder than ours. They were doing the same church things as we do. But they got filled with the Holy Spirit, and the rest of the book of Acts tells the story of the results. We are meant to ask ourselves the same question they will ask: Are we filled with the Holy Spirit?

The followers of Jesus did not do anything special to cajole the Holy Spirit into coming. At the same time, they had been given an assignment by Jesus to bear witness about him to the entire world. So He tells the disciples to wait.

We cannot have Christ, without the Spirit and the Spirit is doing the work of Christ. They are perfectly unified, and you cannot have one without the other.

Living surrendered to God's lordship over our lives is meant to be a blessing, not a burden. But how do we truly experience that?

In Week 3 of our sermon series on parenting, we explore how gody discipline can properly shape our children and ourselves.

God isn't interested in your competency nearly as much as He is interested in your sanctification. In fact, God is equally as interested in your maturity as He is your children's.

We live in a time when children are seen as a burden on the world and the environment, and an unnecessary inconvenience on parents' lives. But parenting is God's end game, whether it's in our natural families or our spiritual family.