Word of Hope Christian Church Podcast

The feeding of the five thousand is just one of those passages that stick with you. You never really forget about it. Even if you didn’t grow up in church you’ve probably heard this story at some point. This story is prominent in part because it’s recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. In fact, this is the only event outside of the crucifixion that is recorded in all four of the Gospels. But have you ever stopped to ask: Is Jesus simply a charity worker that wants to fill people’s bellies or is there more to the story? Let’s find the answer to that and much more. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Accomplishing God’s will in our lives is really important and it’s not a one and done event. It’s a life-long journey of commitment to the Lord—a commitment that involves: 1) Doing what God wants you to do, even if it’s hard, 2) Staying steady, even when others don’t understand, 3) Remembering what God has done and giving Him the glory for it and 4) Facing the challenges and trusting God. To God be the glory! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

As we learned last time Jesus claimed to be equal with God (5:18), to give eternal life (5:24), to be the source of life (5:26) and to judge sin (5:27). These statements made it clear that Jesus was claiming to be divine—an almost unbelievable claim, but one that was supported by another witness. Let’s find out who it was. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

As we come to the second half of Acts 20 in our Journey Through Acts series, we encounter an emotional goodbye from the Apostle Paul. And as he prepared to leave the Ephesian elders, he gave them an exhortation to keep going—to finish. His goodbye was full of encouragement and charge. In essence he told them to finish well. And he even told them how to do it. Let’s find out how. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today’s passage is a response to religious leaders who were angry that Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath. And Jesus’ claims to divinity and power over life and death were supported by evidence, including miracles, human testimony and Scripture. Ultimately this passage is a call to believe in Jesus as Savior and to honor Him. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

God gives freely through Jesus Christ. But to receive salvation, a person must believe. The lame man by the Pool at Bethesda had to want to be healed. Then Jesus approached him later to explain to him that he needed to believe and receive spiritual healing as well. God makes the offer and God performs the miracle, but we must respond to His offer and accept it. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Lots of people have a romantic notion about following Jesus, like seeing that classic convertible on the side of the road and dreaming about how neat it would be to drive with the top down. But when they call the number on the sign and find out how much it costs they decide it’s just too much. The same can be said of following Jesus. People love the idea of eternal life, escaping hell and having Jesus at their beck and call. But they are not willing to leave the life they now live. Today’s text, Acts 19:21-41 describes the importance of counting the cost of following Jesus. And we’re going to learn that it’s costly to follow Jesus but it’s worth it. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Last time we talking a lot about what happened when Jesus met the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. And we found that during their exchange Jesus revealed Himself to her as the Messiah. But when Jesus’ disciples showed up the conversation was interrupted. What the woman might have said to Jesus at that point we don’t know but what she did is clear. She went and told everyone in her village about what had happened and what happened next...well...let’s read and see. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today we’re going to look more into Paul’s third missionary journey. The purpose of this journey was to revisit and strengthen churches that he established on previous trips, to encourage believers and to correct any misunderstanding or false Biblical teachings. And we decided to title today’s sermon – Biblical Doctrine Matters. Now there are some who, when they hear that word “doctrine” want to turn and head for the door just tune it out altogether. Perhaps they think it’ll be a boring or uninspiring message. We hope that’s not y’all because this is really important—we can’t stress just how important proper Biblical doctrine is. So hang in there with us let’s find out more. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Every Christian is to be active in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others. That’s not hard to do when you’re at church or in a group of interested people. But what about when you’re meeting people out in the world for the first time? That can be a lot harder. But we have a responsibility to try and bring to these people to knowledge of the truth regardless of their background or what sins they have committed. This study today highlights a first-hand account of Jesus doing just that. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.