Word of Hope Christian Church Podcast

Today marks the beginning of the celebration of Advent, traditionally the four Sundays prior to Christmas Day. As such we’re excited to share with you our sermon series called The Advent of Christ. Starting today and then for the next 3-Sundays we’re going to share with you about 4-key aspects of Advent – Hope, Peace, Love and Joy. Today we begin with “Hope” and message titled: Rejoicing in Hope. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

In today’s passage, John 20:19-31, we’ll study about the risen Jesus appearing to His disciples two times after His resurrection as they were hiding in fear behind locked doors. In the first appearance three key things happen. Then in the second appearance to the disciples Jesus specifically addresses one of His disciples, Thomas and his unbelief. And in the closing verses John will tell us the purpose of the Gospel. All that and more so open your Bible or Bible app and let’s get ready to study! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

We are officially 4 days from Thanksgiving Day. So, we though it would be a great time for us to consider how we can Engage with Thankfulness. There are two texts for today: 1 Chron 16:1-10 and Phil 4:10-13. As we’ll see in 1 Chron 16, for a long time, God had not been front and center in the life of Israel. Perhaps some of us have drifted away spiritually as well. It’s time to put the Lord back as the focal point of our lives. To do that we need to address our greediness and then we’ll be able to engage in thankfulness to the Lord. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today’s passage will highlight different kinds of belief, from the initial shock and grief of the disciples to Mary Magdalene’s recognition of Jesus through His voice. It will emphasize that belief in the Resurrection is based on eyewitness accounts and evidence, like the empty tomb and grave clothes. The story will begin “while it was still dark,” symbolizing the confusion and death that surrounded the event. But, as Mary recognized Jesus, the darkness will give way to the light and she will become a messenger of hope. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

In today’s sermon we’re going to talk about, what is or will be for some, a very uncomfortable topic. It’s about phony Christians and hypocrisy in the church. Nothing turns the world off to Christ more than phony, hypocritical Christians. The non-believer often asks, “If their religion is real, why doesn’t it show in how they speak, how they act and in what they do?” To help us we’ll define hypocrisy and we’ll study some Biblical examples both OT and NT. Then we’ll tell you how you can answer folks who say the church is full of hypocrites in a God-honoring way. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

At this point Jesus was suffering and in great agony on the cross. But in today’s passage Jesus actually gives up His life and dies. And when He does, we see a remarkable change in the tone of John’s Gospel. The emphasis shifts from all that Jesus must still do to all that Jesus has now accomplished in full. The death of Jesus was a monumental event in salvation history. His death on the cross would pay the price for all sins, making it possible for all who would believe in Him to have eternal life. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today we want to honor all our armed service veterans. To you we owe a debt of gratitude because you were willing to go, to serve and to give on behalf of the United States of America! God bless you! We’re also going to talk about a different kind of veteran, a spiritual veteran. So, we’ve titled the sermon simply Spiritual Veterans. Let’s turn our attention to what it takes to be a spiritual veteran of Christ, something we all need to be and do. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

We must never forget the reason Jesus died. Unless we recognize the eternal tragedy that would have happened to the human race without the Cross, we will not be able to see the Cross as our victory. At great personal cost, Jesus won eternal life for us. He paid the price for our sin with His own life. That He offers us life as a free gift ought to give us deep joy. We must be touched by Christ’s death, for He died in our place! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today, we’re going to take a look at an individual who was maxed-out emotionally. He was running on empty and had no margin left in his life. After he took it to the limit, God intervened and, in the process, taught him a few things—things we can learn as well. Who was this individual? Stay with us and let’s find out. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

In today’s study we’ll discuss the details of Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate. Pilate will actually find no guilt in Jesus but will be pressured by the Jewish leaders and their accusations. And despite his repeated attempts to release Jesus, Pilate will ultimately succumb to the crowd’s demand to crucify Him, declaring, “We have no king but Caesar.” Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.