Pastor's Corner

Dear Hope Family, In the preface to his wonderful book, The Heart of Evangelism, Jerram Barrs reflects upon his burden to pen a book about commending the Gospel to others: “One of the concerns [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 11th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, Our sermon series through the book of Acts presses on this week and brings us to the 12th chapter. After several weeks of chronicling and celebrating the triumph of the Gospel in [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 4th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, One of the many benefits of working our way through the book Acts this fall is the repeated, unavoidable interactions with people who come to saving faith in Jesus. Mission, [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 27th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, If you were not already sufficiently aware, I can empirically verify that being a preacher is a strange calling! My family could readily attest that living with a preacher is, [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 20th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, This Sunday at Hope we will celebrate the fruit of many months worth of praying, preparation, and searching for two crucial positions at our church: Director of Worship We [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 13th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, Between the turn of the New Year and Easter Sunday, we devoted our attention to the continuing ministry of Jesus by his Spirit through his people in the New Testament book of [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 6th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, Last Sunday’s sermon text from Proverbs 9 invited us to set the dueling invitations of Wisdom and Folly side by side, to compare their rival calls, and to look beyond the surface [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 30th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, Last Sunday I mentioned that little sign posted at the exit of Memphis Theological Seminary that offers an interesting prayer for the driver who is about to enter the busy [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 23rd, 2019

Dear Hope Family, I trust that you have enjoyed and benefited from our brief journey through the Psalms this summer as much as I have. These precious, crucial passages from God’s Word have granted [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 16th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, For many of us, it has been a very heavy week. The flurry of mass shootings, along with a shooting in our own city, has created fear, doubt, sadness, anger, and a host of other [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 9th, 2019