Tag: god
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The Romans Road
We dropped Olivia off at the airport yesterday morning. She is en route to Mongolia as we speak. She is currently at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea. She lands in Mongolia about 3 pm our time. Her journey to ride in this Mongol Derby has been a multi-year, multi-dollar, multi-person effort. Pretty much…
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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff—Romans 14:1-15:13
In twenty days, my daughter, Olivia, will leave for Mongolia, where she will ride in a 600-mile horse race that will take place over 10 days. They call this race the longest & toughest horse race in the world. If you want to follow Olivia, I’ll post a link where you can see her progress…
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Romans 13:1-7—Good Citizens
An old man was driving down the highway at 35mph when a highway patrol officer pulled him over. He asked the man if he knew why he pulled her over. He said, “I have no clue, officer. I’m sure I was obeying the speed limit…” The officer said, “Sir, you were traveling far too slow…
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Romans 12:9-21 —The Actions of Love
“It can be complicated to make something simple, but very simple to make something complicated.” That can be true of so many areas of life. We often make things that are actually pretty simple, complicated, especially in today’s fast-paced, technology-driven culture. Maybe it’s complicated because we tend to overthink things or because of a lack…
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Romans 12:3-8—Humility Through Service
When I was 16 years old, a friend of my whose dad was the pastor at a local church, asked me to lead worship one Sunday morning. I was very involved in music at my High School, but had never led worship for a congregation before. I definitely had more confidence than skill in this…
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Conformed or Transformed? Romans 12:1-2
Today is the beginning of the end….of our study in Romans. In case you are new to New Hope, back in August of last year, we started a series through Paul’s letter to the church in Rome. We’ve been away from our study this spring as we focused on some other things, now we are…
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Peace in a Chaotic World
Have you had any anxiety this week over something that you know you have zero control over? There is certainly no lack of things to worry about. I’m certain that for each of you, the issues that create worry are a little bit unique. However, no matter the issue that causes you anxiety, it always…
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Purpose on Purpose: Living Out God’s Calling
I used to enjoy this TV show called Burn Notice. The storyline wasn’t particularly unique but I really enjoyed the characters. It was about a CIA agent who is trying to clear his name after he gets blacklisted by the Agency. Of course, in the process of trying to clear his name, he ends up…
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Passion Week—Maundy Thursday/Good Friday
If you were here two weeks ago, we started talking about Passion Week, the celebration of the week leading up to the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection. Here is a very basic rundown of the week before the resurrection of Jesus: Even though today is officially Palm Sunday, we talked about Palm Sunday and the Triumphal…
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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…
Chris Hankel 