When I came to faith in Christ at age 19, I found it remarkable that many of the Christmas songs I had sung in my childhood spoke of Jesus. I knew of a silent night and a holy night...but I couldn’t tell you of their significance. Though prominent in so many songs of the season, the birth of Christ was lost on me. In this Christmas carol, we consider the history, theology, and glory of the Incarnation – that God became a man – which is good news of great joy for all people!

Series: Christmas 2025
Speaker: Cor Chmieleski
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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Most of what we call “faith” turns out to be little more than vague sentiment once life actually hits us. At the end of Mark 4, we find a violent storm, seasoned sailors unraveling, and Jesus… asleep. But what first looks like indifference becomes a doorway into who God really is as He meets the storm around us, the storm within us, and the ultimate storm that brings us home.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Davis Johnson
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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Jesus described the kingdom of God by comparing it with common agricultural realities. While the illustrations are clear, it’s not immediately obvious how such things illustrate the kingdom of God. And it’s those opaque pieces which are intended to draw us in, induce more questions, and encourage us to seek the meaning of such things.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Cor Chmieleski
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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Whenever you hear an inside joke that you don’t get, how does that make you feel? Isolated, alone and dumb? For sure! How about when you are in on it? Feels like you are included, knowledgeable and smart, huh? Discover today about the greatest inside joke ever told, and how we can always be on the inside of it!!

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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In our study of Mark so far, we have seen a variety of responses to Jesus and his teaching. This week in the Parable of the Soils, we’ll see Jesus unpack what is actually going on behind the scenes of this different reactions to him.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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In this passage Jesus engages with both his family and the religious leaders. The differences between those two groups are stark. But they are paired together through story due to a similarity. What is that commonality and why might we struggle in the same way? That’s the key to understanding what it means to be a part of God’s family.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Cor Chmieleski
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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The twelve disciples are a unique group of individuals. In this sermon, we look at what Jesus called the twelve to, and the ragamuffin group that they were that become a united team for Christ.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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Jesus heals a man. That should be the end of the story but it’s not. The religious leaders take offense that he did so on the Sabbath. That breaks the rules. Well, that breaks their rules. How does the rest of the account go? That’s what we explore in this message.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Cor Chmieleski
Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis

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