In this final service at Hope Christian Reformed Church, former Pastor John Keizer returns to preach a special closing message to the congregation. Preaching from John 11 and the account of the Lord's raising of Lazarus, Pastor John brings a powerful message about the glory of God as it is displayed in all the events of our lives both happy and sad.

The service closes with the congregation singing "All Glory Be to Christ."

In a very personal address, Pastor Ron Burtz presents his final sermon to the congregation of Hope Christian Reformed Church.

At the same time he takes the opportunity to look at Acts 2:42-47 to ask and answer the question about the church, "Why Are We Here?"

Numerous songs and poems emphasize the fact that "Love came down at Christmas," but what kind of love is this? Why kind of love would motivate the Creator of the universe to become human Himself and go to a cross to suffer and die for the very creatures who had rebelled against Him?

Agape love. That's what kind of love came at Christmas. Join us as we explore this wonderful Greek word and see how God's love is made manifest in the story of the incarnation of Christ.

Joy and its cousins rejoice and rejoicing is one of the most common terms in the traditional biblical Christmas narratives in Matthew and Luke. What could be the source of such unparalleled joy? It was the news that God had come in the form of a tiny baby.

This message is meant to help the listener find true Christmas joy through even in hard times through the application of a simple formula that involves Jesus, Others and You.

The world is looking for what it calls peace and, especially at Christmastime, the calls for world peace and harmony between nations and people groups seems to ramp up.

But is that the kind of "peace on earth" the angels were talking about when they sang "peace on earth, goodwill toward men?"

This sermon examines the peace of Christmas showing that the announcement of the angels was one of declaring peace between God and those who would repent and trust the Christ of the manger and the cross.

Hope. Peace. Joy. Love.

Four words that are intimately associated with the Christmas season. In this Advent series, Pastor Ron Burtz shows how those four terms and concepts form the message of Christmas to the world.

This message deals with Hope and shows Christ as the only hope for mankind.

Throughout this series we have asked and answered the question "How does a person get right with God?" showing how each of the 5 solas of the Reformation brings a part of the answer.

Today we consider what may be the ultimate existential question: "What is the meaning of life?"

In a world where ultimate truth and the God of the Bible have been rejected, that is a difficult question to answer.

This message show that only by looking to the glory of our Creator can we find the answer that brings meaning and true significance to life. Join us as we consider the fifth and final cry of the Reformation—Soli Deo Gloria.

The Apostle Paul wrote to his protege, young Pastor Timothy, "For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time."

Christ alone is the Savior, the sacrifice for sinners and the mediator between God and man.

This sermon examines the meaning of the cry of the Reformers, "Sola Christos," and celebrates the salvation found in Christ alone.

The doctrine of Justification by Faith, embodied in the Latin phrase Sola Fide could not be more clear in Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace you have been saved by faith..."

This was the defining material principle of the Protestant Reformation and it remains for all time the focus of true Christian faith.

In this message we'll see the two faces of faith—faith to save and faith to live.

Songwriter John Newton wrote "Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me."

God's grace is truly amazing and is both the power to save and to live the Christian life.

In this message we'll look at the meaning of grace and how it applies to our salvation and sanctification.