Navigating difficult and sensitive cultural issues is a tough task, requiring us to seek God’s wisdom. We have collected a sampling of sermons over the last several years on a number of difficult and often divisive topics you can watch.

Pastor Eric seeks to address each topic by first understanding the issue as best we can, and then applying God’s Word following the example of Jesus who was both full of grace and truth (John 1:14). These sermons are also available on our YouTube channel where we have created a few playlists.

All humans deserve dignity and respect because all are made in God’s image. Christians should demonstrate this in thoughts, speech and behavior. We oppose any mistreatment of those who identify as LGBTQ+ as abhorrent and not in line with our beliefs. Knowing our own need of God’s grace, we welcome and accept everyone who comes to Hope. Beyond simply welcoming, we strive to embrace, delight in, listen, learn from, honor, love and show compassionate kindness to everyone!

We believe the good news of the Kingdom of God, announced and embodied by Jesus, is the ultimate and final solution to the problems of this world. As we interact with one another and the world around us, we are committed to convictional kindness, we both proclaim the gospel and seek to live in a manner worthy of the gospel. Loving God and loving neighbor requires us to seek the welfare of our community, which we are committed to.

The Bible teaches every human life is valuable, and because we are made in God’s image we have higher value than anything else in creation (Genesis 1:26-27).  Every man, woman and child is equal in dignity, value and worth – and God is serious about upholding our value as His image bearers (Genesis 9:5-6, James 3:9).  As followers of Jesus we acknowledge and take seriously the 2nd greatest command, to love our neighbor in the same way we love ourselves (Mark 12:30-31) this informs how we view each other.