Pastor's Corner

Dear Hope Family, I recently had the privilege of meeting with a young man who, for the first time in an official sense, was ready to put his faith in Jesus Christ into his own words. He had been [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: December 6th, 2019

Dear Hope Church, As we enter the Advent season, I want to quickly look back on the sermon series we just completed, where we ventured with Stephen and Paul and Peter and Lydia through the book of [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 29th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, During the Life Together portion of our service last week I communicated the news that Linda Merchant, our faithful bookkeeper, has decided to retire from her service at Hope. I [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 22nd, 2019

Dear Hope Family, In the book of Acts, the apostle Paul delivers informed, inspiring sermons and public addresses, and in all cases, except for one, he aims his message at a mix of believers and [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 15th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, In Acts 17, this week’s sermon passage, the apostle Paul journeys as far as the city of Athens, and while he awaits the arrival of Silas and Timothy from Berea, he is overwhelmed [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 8th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, One of the wonders of this weekly “Pastor’s Corner” for the Looking Up blast is that I get to pick up slack from the week before, especially when sensitive issues, which deserve [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 1st, 2019

Dear Hope Family, This coming Sunday, October 27th, is an interesting day on the church calendar as it marks Reformation Sunday - a day on which we remember and celebrate the goodness and free-ness [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 25th, 2019

Dear Hope Family, The Swiss-German theologian, Karl Barth, author of numerous theological tomes, was world-famous in the mid-1900s. On April 23, 1962, Karl Barth spoke at Rockefeller Chapel on the [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 18th, 2019

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