Hope Downtown Minneapolis Podcast

What is Cheap Grace and what are the truths and errors in it? This week, we look at the beauty of Grace and the way that it can be misunderstood that actually hinders our walk with God. Half Truths Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Suffering can feel meaningless. To cope, we take our cues from culture or our own best thinking. We treat God as an accomplice, someone who is to act in accordance with our wishes for happiness. It is folly. Instead we need to trust God as God and the Cross, which shows how God can transform the worst suffering into the greatest salvation. Reflection:  Do you ever wonder if God is going to “get it right”? Do you believe in God that one day everything that is sad will come untrue? Half Truths Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

When our desire for control meets the unpredictability of life, we’re left with anxiety and frustration. What if real freedom comes not from tightening our grasp, but from responding to and resonating with the God who holds all things together? Join us this week as we discover the possibility of releasing our grip a bit through navigating the half truth of control as the goal. Half Truths Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

We are accustomed to loving those who love us and agreeing with those who are agreeable. What about loving those who disagree with or even hate us? That’s far less common. But the story of God shows a love for enemy. This is outlandish when set beside one of our current cultural half-truths—To love me, you must agree with me. How does the love of Christ speak a better word to us? Listen to find out! Reflection Amidst this noisy world of half-truths, are you hearing the clear love of Jesus for you? Half Truths 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 half-truths, and why do they hold such power over us? From the garden of Eden to everyday life, these subtle distortions of reality sneak in — often unnoticed — creating doubt and confusion toward our understanding of God, our relationship with others, and our place in the world around us. Join us as we kickoff this series unpacking the insidious and destructive nature of half-truths while discovering how the gospel offers a better, fuller story that brings clarity and freedom. Half Truths Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Martin Luther in the 16th Century coined a latin phrase that has changed the way many people think of themselves. The phrase is Simul Justus et Peccator – “Simultaneously Saint and Sinner”. In other words, even though we are a sinful people, we are also deeply, deeply loved by God, so much so that he sent Jesus Christ to die for us. We see this even in the Old Testament passage we are studying this week – Song of Solomon 1:5. Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs 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 theory of social acceleration explains how the pace of modern life continues to speed up, often leaving us feeling overwhelmed, empty, and disconnected. Within the relentless rush and constant itch to keep up, we’re given a seemingly absurd command to be still and rest in God. What does it mean to be still in an accelerating world and how do we hear the gentle whisper of God in a world full of constant demands? Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs Davis Johnson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

This psalm remembers God’s divine intervention in the wilderness so his people might live. The wilderness, or desert, cannot support human life. Similarly, this world in which we live cannot fulfill our deepest longings. So just like God’s people needed divine intervention, we too need divine intervention. It comes in the form of a struck rock (Christ!) who gives us life-giving water for our souls. Reflection How have you mistakenly sought satisfaction in this desert life for your deepest needs? Are you hearing God that you might be saved and satisfied through his life-giving rock? Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Psalms 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 suffering can be fertile ground for God to transform us, or it can also lead to incredible bitterness of soul, or something Dr. Larry Crabb has called a “demanding spirit”. This week we will talk about how Job developed a demanding spirit and how the gospel sets us free not to live a life of this dark bitterness. Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs 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 book of Ecclesiastes to see how we can trust in the stability and meaningfulness of the gospel in the midst of life’s difficulties. Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs Jordan Anderson Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

In the hit movie Inside Out 2, we follow the life of Riley, a teenager in the throes of puberty. As she navigates life, we observe her internal processing through personified emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger. One such emotion, Anxiety, floods Riley’s mind with all the scary stuff that could happen. In one scene, this results in Riley experiecning a full-blown panic attack. If you’ve ever battled anxiety or cried aloud to the Lord amidst despair, this message on Psalm 77 is for you. Reflection The exodus of Jesus is proclaimed to provide you hope amidst your trouble. Should you find your soul refusing to be comforted, how will you remember that it is Jesus’s job to protect you from the scary stuff you can’t see? Through his exodus (i.e. death and resurrection), he has planned for your future. Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Have you ever wondered who are as humans? What does it mean to be the “perfect human” if there even is such a thing. This las week, we examine this questions. If you have never seen higher level mathematics be applied to Scripture before, you are in for a treat! Don’t worry, we also use Dr. Suess to help us too! Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Songs Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Reading poetry can be difficult. When that poetry alludes to future events, it can be even more vexing. Yet the New Testament quotes the Psalms more than any other Old Testament book. So we seek to understand how these poetic songs foreshadow the coming of Christ and fill us with hope amidst our struggles. Questions: Do you see the limitations of viewing God’s Word as simply an example to imitate or a law to follow? Is Jesus in his sleeping (i.e. death) and his waking again (i.e. resurrection) your hope when feeling under attack? Is Jesus more precious to you today as the True and Better King? Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Psalms Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

Questions Do you view God’s written word as a burden or as a gift that can be studied to better understand God and the love that he has for you? Have you surrendered your life to the only one who perfectly lived out the law and died on the cross so you could be saved? Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom Literature Ben Wacek Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

What is Biblical Wisdom? In this message, we look at how the concept of wisdom is continually clarified, culminating in God declaring the pinnacle of all wisdom – Jesus Christ! Gospel Mixtape | Wisdom & Proverbs 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 gives inspiration to the Psalms? Is it David? Is it us? Now that the veil (2 Cor. 3:13–16) has been lifted, how might we read these texts with the clarity that Christ provides? In so doing, we see it’s not just David or we who at times feel forsaken, but Jesus who has been utterly forsaken for our sake. He has not hidden himself in times of trouble but bore the full weight of it, not our sin in part, but the whole! Questions How does this psalm sing God’s grace over us? Gospel Mixtape Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

This is our last sermon dedicated to the book of Romans. Rather than see this as a type of finish line, might we instead see how God is just getting started. May this gospel message be imprinted deeper upon our hearts. May our church live by faith in Jesus Christ. May we stand justified by his grace as a gift. May we believe that what God has done he will continue to do. In other words, God’s not done with us; he’s just getting started! For all of this and more, we give God all the glory! Questions: Might we give thanks to God, even today, for this wonderful book? Might we ascribe all glory to him alone? Sermon Series Speaker Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Community Church, visit hopecc.com.

We’re nearing the end of our time in the book of Romans. Throughout it, there have been countless reminders of God’s faithfulness and goodness. We’ve pushed deeper into the gospel and life in his Spirit. But we’re not done. Even as Paul recounts his travel plans, we see afresh God’s heart to save and refresh and provide for his people. Questions: Is it (y)our desire for the gospel to be shared with all? Is it (y)our desire to bring refreshment to some within your community? Is it (y)our desire to meet needs and encourage one another—mission to one? 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.

Words of strong emotions are thrown around today like candy. Something that is likeable is “awesome”.  A new job is “a perfect match”. Even our local weather station has a TOP TEN WEATHER day that they use about 1-2 x per month. One of these words is the word ambition. What does this word really mean, and how to we have Godly Ambition? 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.

How in the world can we possibly live in community with others when there is such disagreement about so many things? This week, we examine how when we are awed by Jesus Christ that we are able to actually love, accept and welcome one another and not just live for our selves. 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.