Hope Downtown Minneapolis Sermons

Taylor Swift and Drake both wrote songs at high moments in their careers about how God helps those who help themselves. This may sound like good news when things are going your way, but when the rest of life happens, we need something far stronger than our ability to make good choices. Fortunately for us (and them!), Romans 12:1-2 gives us access to how the gospel brings about bigger and longer lasting transformation than anything we can contrive, even at our best, and this is good news. Romans Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

When was the last time you had something that was so wonderful, so beautiful, so majestic it took your breath away? This week’s passage is a gift to us, to see God as glorious, merciful, wonderful, wise and worthy of our utmost worship and trust. In and through Jesus Christ, the mighty name of God is both worthy of praise and very accessible. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Mitch Chase writes, “The death of Jesus was not the end of Jesus. It was no defeat. His death was overcome on the third day. The cross was a victory, and the resurrection proved it.” Are you trusting in the cross and empty tomb for your victory over sin and death? Questions Have you been united to Christ in his death and resurrection through faith? How can you live today in light of his resurrection power? Easter Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

If the very people who were supposed to recognize Jesus as the Messiah reject him, what will become of them? This week’s sermon addresses this question, with some real hope for the physical descendants of Israel for the future. Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

God––after breaking us off from our cursed familiar tree––grafts us by faith into his tree of life and salvation. His plan has always been for his people to live by trusting in him and his promises. So has God’s Plan A failed? Absolutely not! He has the power to graft in anyone whose faith is in him. What great news! Question: Do you know of God’s great love for you? Romans Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Where do we turn if the greatest barrier to connecting with God is inside us? Our passage this week uses sensory images to describe the shape and cause of hardened hearts. These vivid pictures lead us to ask the most important question: how do you melt a frozen heart? Romans Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Often in a mobster movie, we will hear the crime boss say to a person who has betrayed them, “You’re dead to me!” From that point on in the movie, they become persona non grata, which is Latin for “a person who is unacceptable or unwelcome”. Is that what God did to Israel after all her failures and rebellions? Is that what he does to us? Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

If anyone reads the Scripture carefully, they will find some word, some hidden treasure in the field, which is Christ.” These words are from the 2nd Century and they reflect God’s own idea that the whole Bible is about Jesus and discovering all that the cross accomplishes. This changes not only the way we read the Old Testament but the way we interpret our lives! Where is God speaking the word about Christ to you? Romans Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Paul’s ”twist” to the story Deuteronomy 30:14 (TiPCFGCTTGOGRTOTV) 14But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it realize there is no possible way you can do it (Rom 1, 2). And yet, the law requires perfection (Rom 3:23). So we are in deep, deep doo-doo (Rom 3:19-20). But wait! Along comes someone who did do the law perfectly (Rom 10:4, Matthew 5:17), and is willing to switch places with us (Rom 3:21ff) through his death and resurrection (Rom 3:25), offering his righteousness (Rom 3:22) to all who simply trust him and not ourselves as Savior (Rom 3:27) and are united to him (Rom 7:1-4). So, the only real question is: Do you receive Him (Rom 5:9-13)? Trike imagining Paul’s Christ-Focused, Gospel-Centered To The Glory of God, Rethinking of the Old Testament Version Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

What is underneath the universal longing to be enough? Be it our jobs, political beliefs, exercise regimes (or lack thereof), relationships — so much of life is covered by some unwritten code of standards to be kept. Where do these come from and more importantly how can we finally put all these measurements to rest? Romans 10:1-4 Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

There is an ancient passage which predicted the arrival of a stone. This stone, for one group, would become a rock of offense and stumbling. But for another group, it would become the rock of their salvation. Why the difference in response? That is what today’s message is all about. Question Why is Jesus compared to a stone? How is it that Jesus, the unchanging and sure stone, causes both stumbling and saving? Romans 9:30-33 Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Our natural impulses are often wrong. That includes when we read the Bible and consider the character of God. We look at our lives and incorrectly believe that He and his Word have failed. This passage shows us that God’s promises are sure and he orchestrates events to make clear his mercy! Questions Do we question our natural impulses recognizing they are often wrong? Do we trust God as merciful to us through Christ? Romans Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Romans 9:1-5 Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

As we look forward to a new year, it’s beneficial to look back on where we’ve been. When we do, we see God’s faithfulness throughout the pages of our story. This church is a picture of God’s grace toward his people. And we get the chance in the new year to see more pages added to this book. We look forward to all that God has in store for us! Questions Will we keep the gospel the main thing? Will we always have room for one more? Will you engage in the story God is writing through Hope Downtown? Are you ready to have fun in 2024?Paragraph Description Vision Series Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Why don’t New Year’s Resolutions work? See how Romans 6:1-4, 11-14 gives a pathway for real life change that is gospel centered, not just an act of willpower. Vision Series Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

This week we looked at the story of Hannah. We connect with her as she deals with life’s disappointments because we too deal with disappointment. In her case, the desperate prayers of a barren woman to have a son are answered. Is that the end of the story? No. For we are cued in on a future son to be born who will be called King and Savior, who will ultimately rescue us from all of life’s disappointments Questions In your distress, to whom do you turn? Will you trust the Lord amidst your disappointment? Do you believe God has heard and answered our prayers with the Word––his Son and our Savior? Born Unto Us Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

What are we to do when God makes no sense? The account of the birth and sacrifice of Isaac brings us to this very question, as well as foreshadowing another very loved son the very point of sacrifice as well! Born Unto Us Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Paul Tripp writes, “It’s easy to look around and keep score…focusing more on what others have than what God has graciously provided for you causing you to want what they have and to question the goodness of God.” We observe this in the story of Cain and, too often, in our own story. Yet, how wonderful this Christmas season to be reminded of the goodness of God for every one of us. No more keeping score. No more comparison. Just God’s good news of great joy that will be for all people––a Savior! Who is Christ the Lord! Born Unto Us Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

The and of Romans 8 is filled with a whole bunch of rhetorical questions that need to be answered out loud (and maybe even memorized). The first of which is siimply life -changing on a daily basis as we ponder “If God is for us, who can be against us?” NO ONE!!! Romans Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

The Bible reads like a thrilling story with characters, settings, plot lines, problems, and solutions. One of the main themes from beginning to end is suffering giving way to glory. That is true of God’s story as he solves the problem of sin on our behalf and sets the stage for a glorious and forthcoming glory. We wait for that glory with eager expectation! Questions Within your story, who is the main character? Amidst present suffering, do you wait patiently with hopeful expecting for future glory? Romans 8:18-30 Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.