Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 8:27-35 “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow him, or it may be a death like Luther’s, who had to leave the monastery and go out into the world. But it is the same death every time—death in Jesus Christ, the death of the old man at his call.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer “To bind a Roman citizen is a crime, to flog him is an abomination, to kill him is almost an act of murder: to crucify him is – What? There is no fitting word that can possibly describe so horrible a deed.” —Cicero “The religious see God as useful; gospel-believing Christians see God as beautiful.” —Tim Keller “The cross comes before the crown, and tomorrow is a Monday morning.” —C.S. LewisThe post Through the Cross to the Crown first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 7:24-30 Come ye sinners, poor and wretched Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus, ready, stands to save you, Full of pity, joined with power. He is able, He is able; He is willing; doubt no more. Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream; All the fitness he requires Is to feel your need of Him. This He gives you, this He gives you, ‘Tis the Spirit’s rising beam. —Joseph Hart “I love what this woman is doing.  In Western cultures we don’t have anything like this kind of assertiveness.  We only have assertion of rights. We do not know how to contend unless we’re standing up for our rights, standing on our dignity and our goodness saying, “This is what I am owed.”  But this woman is not doing that at all.  This is rightless assertiveness, something we know little about.  She’s not saying, “Lord, give me what I deserve on the basis of my goodness.” She’s saying, “Give me what I don’t deserve on the basis of your goodness – and I need it now.” —Tim

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 7:1-23 (NIV) The way we show respect is to give it a second look, a look not of the eyes but of the heart…To respect something is to understand that there is something there to see, that it is not all surface, that something lies beneath the surface, something that has the power to change the way we think…or how we live.” —Ken GireThe post A Matter of the Heart first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 5:24-34 A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER’S PRAYER Author Unknown, (Attributed to a battle weary C.S.A soldier near the end of the war) I asked God for strength, that I might achieve; I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that I might be happy; I was given poverty, that I might be wise. I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men; I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life; I was given life, that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I hoped for. Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I am among all men most richly blessed.The post The Whole Truth first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 4:35-41 Outreaching understanding. What rises Rises into comprehension And beyond. Even falling raises In praise of light. What is begun Is unfinished. And so the mind That comes to rest among the bluebells Comes to rest in motion, refined By alteration. The bud swells, Opens, makes seed, falls, is well, Being becoming what it is: Miracle and parable Exceeding thought, because it is Immeasurable; the understander Encloses understanding, thus Darkens the light. We can stand under No ray that is not dimmed by us. The mind that comes to rest is tended In ways that it cannot intend: Is borne, preserved, and comprehended By what it cannot comprehend. Your Sabbath, Lord, thus keeps us by Your will, not ours. And it is fit Our only choice should be to die Into that rest, or out of it. —Wendell BerryThe post The Power to Care first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 3:1-6 “Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement.” —Brené BrownThe post Naked and Afraid first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 2:1-12 Faith is first and foremost not knowledge about Jesus but active trust that Jesus is sufficient for one’s deepest and heartfelt needs. —James R. Edwards If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it. —Richard Rohr To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. —C.S. LewisThe post Healing Through Forgiveness first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 1:14-20 Graeme Goldsworthy has summarized a definition of the Kingdom of God as “God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule.” Anthony Hoekema has described God’s Kingdom as “the reign of God dynamically active in human history through Jesus Christ, the purpose of which is the redemption of his people from sin and from demonic powers, and the final establishment of the new heavens and the new earth.” George Eldon Ladd notes that “The primary meaning of both the Hebrew word malkuth in the Old Testament and of the Greek word basileia in the New Testament is the rank, authority and sovereignty exercised by a king. A basileia may indeed be a realm over which a sovereign exercises his authority; and it may be the people who belong to that realm and over whom authority is exercised; but these are secondary and derived meanings. First of all, a kingdom is the authority to rule, the sovereignty of the king.”The post Connecting to the Kingdom first appeared on Hope Church PC

Series: Good News From MarkScripture: Mark 1:1-11 Our Vision As Hope Presbyterian Church, we long for every person to receive and thrive in the embrace of the Father, to be equipped as disciples of the Son, and to engage the world by the power of the Spirit. Our Mission As a fellowship of broken, yet redeemed believers, we invite our community in and around Winston-Salem to experience with us true hope for real life through the good news of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.The post People of Promise first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Scripture: John 4:23-43 “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” —Brené BrownThe post Evangelism Is Not A Dirty Word first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Hebrews 11:1 - 12:3 In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship — be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some intangible set of ethical principles — is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things — if they are where you tap real meaning in life — then you will never have enough. Never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you. On one level, we all know this stuff already — it’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides, epigrams, parables: the skeleton of every g

Series: HopecastingScripture: Romans 15:1-3 Hope is faithful confidence that God continues to author a story that moves us from vision to action. —Mark Oestreicher, HopecastingThe post The God of Hope first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” —C.S. LewisThe post Grieving with Hope first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Hebrews 6:13-19 In the ancient world, the anchor was the symbol of hope. Epictetus says: “a ship should never depend on one anchor, or a life on one hope.” Pythagoras said: “Wealth is a weak anchor; fame is still weaker. What then are the anchors which are strong? Wisdom, great-heartedness, courage – these are the anchors which no storm can shake.” The writer to the Hebrews insists that the Christian possesses the greatest hope in the world. —William Barclay, The Letter to the HebrewsThe post The Grip of Hope first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Ephesians 1:15-23 Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill–fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” —Matthew 11:28-30, The Message, Eugene H. PetersonThe post The Hope of Our Calling first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Romans 8:18-25 Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra       Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can   imagine.” —Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Tim KellerThe post Hope vs. Frustration first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Romans 5:1-5 I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope: God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, His merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! —Lamentations 3:20-23, The MessageThe post Hope vs. Disappointment first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Romans 4:16-20 “Christ did not come into the world that we might understand him, but that we might cling to him, that we might simply let ourselves be swept away by him into the immense event of the resurrection.” —Dietrich BonhoefferThe post Hope Against Hope first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: Colossians:1:24-2:25 [The mature Christian] has attained to more enlarged views… but his chief desire is that God may be glorified in him, whether by his life or by his death. He is not his own; nor does he desire to be his own; but so that the power of Jesus may be manifested in him, he will take pleasure in infirmities, in distresses, in temptations; and though he longs for heaven, would be content to live as long as Methuselah upon earth, if, by any thing he could do or suffer, the will and glory of God might be promoted. —John NewtonThe post Christ In You, The Hope of Glory first appeared on Hope Church PCA.

Series: HopecastingScripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Hope is remembering God’s future into the present.”  —N.T. WrightThe post Living Hope first appeared on Hope Church PCA.