HOPECAST

Have you had a moment to slow down + reflect on the significance of Jesus Christ’s birth? We invite you to stop, notice, and enter into the beauty + mystery of the Christmas season.

Listen in as Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight explore what it means to behold, how we do it, and how the act of beholding impacts our spiritual lives. 

Dive deeper by listening to all sermons from the Behold series at: www.hopechurchrva.com/sermon-series-behold/

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As humans, we have a deep desire to know and be known, but sometimes we find it hard to be vulnerable.  We are held back by fear of what others will think of us when we are fully honest.  Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight reflect on interesting and vulnerable conversations they’ve found themselves in and what happens when we push past our hesitations.  

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. - 1 Corinthians 13:12

What does it mean to be a human being? As Hope Church kicks off a new sermon series, “Being Human,” Senior Pastor David Dwight and Dr. Anderson Spickard, Dean of the Thomas J. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University explore this question from medical and faith perspectives.  As humans, we bear the image of God and yet are bound by the limitations of our earthly bodies.  The intersection between the two presents remarkable complexities that we will not stop pondering on this side of heaven.

Have you ever felt out of touch with the world around you? Like you don't know how to communicate with the generation under you? Like you don't have the right thing to say/do?

Listen to the conversation between Senior Pastor David Dwight and Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielson as they discuss the challenges that comes with growing up in today's world. In this episode, they discuss the insecurities and challenges of living in a world of social media and texting, and how harmful it can be to our mental health. They also discuss Generation Z's desire to seek sincerity and intentionality in the world around them, despite these challenges, and they give advice on how to connect with them on a deeper level.

When we hear the word "influencer" we probably think of social media "celebrities" trying to engage us to follow their advice or fashion.  But when we talk about "life influencers" in the context of our faith, the concept means something very different.  Life influencers are people who may have offered us perspectives and encouragement that helped us identify our calling or confirmed something about our gifting that pointed us in an important direction. 

Katie Nielsen, Hope Students Lead Pastor and David Dwight, Senior Pastor discuss life influencers who have impacted them, as well as how to be a life influencer for others.  
 

Senior Pastor David Dwight reads Jesus's sermon on the mount in its entirety from The Message, by Eugene Peterson, to kick off Hope's next sermon series: The Sermon.

This episode has been revised following a partial rerecording.

What does it mean when the Bible says that "all things are possible with God?" How are we supposed to understand that - as Christians and non-Christians? What does that mean for us?

In today's episode, Senior Pastor David Dwight and Discipleship Pastor Dan Yoon discuss the power of God through the analogy of the "camel in the eye of a needle," which is a metaphor that Jesus used when he was teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven.

What comes to your mind when you think of the word "obedience?" Is it total submission? Or perhaps, is your first instinct rebellion when you hear that word?

On today's episode, Senior Pastor David Dwight and Discipleship Pastor Dan Yoon discuss America's version of obedience and compare it with Scripture. They also explore the meaning of what Jesus said in 1 John 5:1-5 when he tells his disciples that if they love him, they will obey his commands. They also consider the relationship between obedience and love, and how that fits into being a child of God.