Category: Sunday’s Sermon
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Passion Week—Palm Sunday—The Triumphant Entry
My wife, Stacey, and I, met our junior year in high school. She sat in front of me in Algebra class. And I, of course, noticed her on the first day of class. One day, the guy who normally sat next to her was out sick, so I slipped into his seat and he never…
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Rooted—Wide Reaching Branches
I honestly don’t care about having a bigger church. What I, the other pastors at New Hope, and our elders care about is building bigger people. Our heart, genuinely, is to help you not fall prey to the enemy’s schemes but instead to see you grow and even thrive in your relationships, work, school, and…
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Refuting Replacement Theology
By Loren Mayer In a discussion, I was asked for some Bible verses that show that God is not done with Israel. The person asking had a discussion with someone who used scripture to make a case that God was done with Israel, and that today Israel has no special place among the nations. This…
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Romans 11—God Will Save All His People
Today is the last day in our Romans series until June, when we will go until we finish the study. Our study in Romans is titled The Gospel Unveiled, and my sermon title today is God Will Save All His People. This past week, Pastor Adam came into the office and told us he had…
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Romans 9:30-10—Righteous by Faith Alone
Last week in our study of Romans, we left off most of the way through chapter 9. In the first part of Paul’s letter, he describes the beauty of the Gospel message. What is that message? God loves the world so much that He sent His one and only Son, Jesus, to die on the…
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Our Love for People—Romans 9:1-29
Have you ever been wrongly accused of something? How did you feel about those who were accusing you? Whatever you’ve been through, it probably doesn’t compare to the story of David McCallum, who was wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering 20-year-old Nathan Blenner when he was 16. After being arrested in 1985 along with Willie…
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Our Victorious Life In Christ—Romans 8:1-17
Chapter 8 is the best! I love this chapter of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Rome. Paul is going to drive home some of the practical outcomes of our justification. If you believe that Jesus is God’s Son, that He died on the cross, but three days later he rose from the…
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The Struggle is Real—Romans 7
Last week was our second week back into our study of The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans called The Gospel Unveiled. In this second part of our study Paul begins talking about the practical outcomes of our justification. Earlier Paul reminds us that if we believe Jesus is God’s Son, that He died on…
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Free to Serve New—Romans 6:15-23
This was the headline from a newscast on April 8, 2019: “Lion Attacks Trainer During Performance in Ukraine” I would like you to watch this video clip and then think about all the things that are wrong here. It’s only 30 seconds, but after seeing this, I have some questions. (play “Lion Tamer” video) I…
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Freed From Sin to Live New—Romans 6:1-14
As we get back into our series in Romans, I want to review where we have been in the first five chapters. Our series is called The Gospel Unveiled because, as we have seen in the book of Romans, Paul, the author of this letter to the church in Rome, shows us the beauty of…
Chris Hankel 