The first part of the "Broken" series leading up to Easter with Mike Lee from Hope Community Church on March 22/23, 2014.

Caiaphas, high priest in Jerusalem, went to great lengths to keep anyone — including Jesus — from threatening what he had built. We’re not so different when it comes to holding on to what is ours.

Pastor Mike Lee's message from Hope Community Church on March 15/16, 2014.

Community is a fundamental life search. As terms like neighbor, family and congregation are being redefined in the 21st century, people still crave face-to-face relationships. So how do we experience belonging as well as believing?

Week 8 of the "Apply as Directed" series at Hope Community Church with Lead Pastor Mike Lee on February 23, 2014.

How, in a world of suffering, can we call God good? Something about this life is so broken that only God can fix it, so why doesn’t He? And where is He when life seems at its darkest?

The final message in the "Apply as Directed" series with Chase Gardner at the Raleigh Campus on March 8/9 2014.

As this series wraps up, we are reminded that standing still is not an option in our relationship with God. Growing in Christ means we’re on the move, learning to walk into greater spiritual maturity.

"Word to the Wise" - Week 9 of Hope Community Church's series "Apply as Directed" with campus pastor Bryan Cheney

The 7th part of the "Apply as Directed" series with Lead Pastor Mike Lee at Hope Community Church on February 15/16, 2014.

We don’t think we’re rich, we think we’re only average. We feel we don’t really “have enough.” But what if it’s not about how much we have, but what we do with what we have?

The sixth part of the "Apply as Directed" series at Hope Community Church in Raleigh NC with Mike Lee on February 9, 2014.

It’s not my fault. He did it first. I’ll stop if she will. We have a hard time owning up to our part in disagreements. But resentment is a self-inflicted wound. What if we could learn how to get over ourselves?

The 5th part of the series "Apply as Directed" from the book of James by Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee at Hope Community Church on the weekend of February 1/2 2014.

Our tongues, like a small spark, can start an uncontrollable wildfire in our lives and the lives of others. We need wisdom for when to speak up and when to shut up.

The fourth part of the "Apply as Directed" series at Hope Community Church with Mike Lee.

We all do it. We like to think we don’t, but we do. And we’ll probably need God’s help to stop doing it. It’s our dirty little secret about what, and who, we value.

The third part of the series "Apply as Directed" by Lead Pastor Mike Lee at Hope Community Church on the weekend of January 18-19, 2014.

There comes a time to stop standing still, to do something more than just listen, receive and get. At some point, we must do something different.