The church is responsible for an incredible amount of evil in the world and throughout world history. But is that statement true? How do we navigate the tension between the bad things the church has done and what Jesus commands us to do?

The church didn't stop after the first disciples of Jesus died. In fact, the church grew at an incredible rate. This week we look at how the church grew and the different forms the church has taken over the centuries.

Everything has a beginning. Hope Community had a beginning, but our story doesn't start with us, it started 2,000 years ago when Jesus launched his gathering, his church. This message explores how the church started and Jesus's promise to build his church.

It seems like we are an increasingly offended culture and we've bought into the lie that being offended and living the "good life" are mutually exclusive. Well it turns out they're not. In fact the thing that offends us often is the very thing that leads us into the life we so deeply desire.

Just like we all have physical hunger, we also all have spiritual hunger, desires/needs that go beyond the physical. We want meaning, purpose, value, identity. We want to know am I loved, do I belong, am I part of something greater than myself? What can satisfy our spiritual hunger?"

John 6 opens with one of the most famous and most important miracles of Jesus' ministry, the feeding of the 5000. Thru it we see the incredible reality that we are invited to be a part of what Jesus is doing in the world. The question is will we meet that invitation with "how" or "wow?"

Throughout John 5 Jesus makes some pretty bold claims about who he is and what he has come to do. Now he calls 4 witnesses to the stand to backup his claims

Is Jesus God? Did he claim to be? Did the early church believe that He was? Why does it matter

Religious conservatism often leads to legalism. Religious progressivism often leads to license. Jesus confronts both and offers the path that leads to life.

Jesus wants to heal us of our greatest problem: sin. He has resurrection life for us. The question is will we live like it. Will we pick up our mats and walk?