Hope North Lakes Sermons https://hopecc.com/northlakes Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USHope Community Church Hope Community Church podcast@hopecc.com no Hope North Lakes Sermons https://hopecc.com/northlakes https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/62d3a0c0-df01-43e0-b3a0-8e344f894e27/14.jpg episodic Hope Community Church A weekly message from Hope Community Church: North Lakes, located in Shoreview, MN The Rule of the King https://pinecast.com/guid/ca5ade2f-d17c-4629-8efd-55afded1f4aa Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:43:55 Psalm 2 is one of the most quoted Psalms in the New Testament. But, on first glance it looks like it is simply a coronation Psalm for the next king of Isreal. Join us, as we take a deep dive into how this Psalm is so much more, and very applicable to us today!!

Series: Psalms
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Be Righteous, Dude! https://pinecast.com/guid/6fd128a1-83b4-4cca-9fa5-0e580da5ef8a Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:39:53 Is the Old Testament Law a good or bad thing for the believer in Jesus Christ? This week we go straight into this difficult question by taking a deep dive into Psalm 1.

Series: Psalms
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Roots, Risks, and Reverence https://pinecast.com/guid/a8cc7315-69c4-4416-86cc-cd4fb069b2e1 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:39:53 We are told that the solutions in the modern world — for those moments when we most need help — are to look to self, look to technology, or some combination of the two. But the real answer is an ancient one: look to your Creator, to the one who made you, to the one who bought you and redeemed you. This changes us personally and as a church by making us dependent people who put down roots, take godly risks, and show reverence to God.

Series: Psalms
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The King We Needed https://pinecast.com/guid/b4be8fb1-95ce-45ca-b046-9f0eed01feaf Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:39:06 The iconic commercials "Be Like Mike' told us that if we just drank Gatorade, we too could do the things Michael Jordan does. What about when it comes to following Jesus? Jesus gives us two examples in Mark 12 – a warning of who not to be like, and a poor widow who is honored because she looks like Jesus. The secret to understanding how to look like Jesus is found in who we understand him to be. Is he merely an example or is he a Savior? Is he a king who comes to conquer our earthly enemies or to accomplish something greater?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Made for Love https://pinecast.com/guid/d23be055-bb12-43c7-8e04-c3e59037a9ad Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:41:07 Jesus summarizes the whole of human existence: we are defined by loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving our neighbor as ourselves. These commandments are both a mirror and a window. As a mirror, they reflect our shortcomings — our sin and our inability to love like this. As a window, they reveal the only person who actually loves this way, and how his love for us is our only hope.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no He'll Never Give Up On You https://pinecast.com/guid/295caf64-7909-45a7-abe6-2ba74c4380c6 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:41:13 As his opponents continue hunting for a way to trap Jesus in his words, he meets their challenges on their own terms — and opens a window into who God actually is. God owns everything, including the power over death itself. To understand the resurrection of Jesus is to discover that God wants more for your life than even you do.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no 5 Responses to Jesus https://pinecast.com/guid/993e7068-bc61-40d4-b527-fbd3bfee996c Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:45:06 -0000 00:42:16 The escalating conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders is leading toward a final outcome: his rejection. Two confrontations create an opportunity for Jesus to tell a story that both indicts and appeals to his hearers. How will they respond? What can their response to Jesus indicate for us today?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Bear Fruit https://pinecast.com/guid/68cf360b-4e9b-42b7-8244-45da2235e4a1 Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:24:19 Jesus curses a fig tree to teach the disciples a lesson about faith in God and how we can't fake it. This story of a tree points to a bigger story - the story of the Bible - which can be told in three threes: The tree in the garden, the tree that formed the cross of Christ, and the tree in the new heavens and new earth that brings healing. What can we learn from a story about a tree?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no We Never Graduate From the Gospel https://pinecast.com/guid/43cfb5c2-2d2f-4583-8d25-3b969b9b1f7b Sun, 24 May 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:40:35 Don’t we all want to be unshakeable? To have certainty and resolve in the midst of anything life throws our way? As we survey two scenes in Mark that demonstrate contrasting ways of thinking, we realize that one of those ways of thinking will actually make us unshakeable – not by changing our circumstances, but by changing us.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no So You Want Your Life to Matter? https://pinecast.com/guid/d20cd65a-4902-4be6-893b-63b0e1222fd8 Sun, 17 May 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:46:22 So you want your life to matter? What if the key to knowing that we matter comes not from manufacturing significance, but receiving it? Jesus doesn't just teach the ethics of the kingdom — he lives and dies them. And when he transfers us into the kingdom of God, we discover a significance so secure that we're freed to serve others regardless of what we get in return.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Jesus Looked At Us And Loved Us https://pinecast.com/guid/4ee38822-61bd-4e42-9f93-fbd50fb9c935 Sun, 10 May 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:41:49 In life, there are things we have to do, and then there are things we love to do. Between those two is a world of difference. Is Christianity just a list of things to do? Is Jesus merely after our behavior, or is he after something deeper?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no God Abandons No One https://pinecast.com/guid/e1d3e2b0-4ab3-4561-81cf-4e56de92f5e8 Sun, 03 May 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:43:19 When his opponents try to trap Jesus in a high-stakes theological debate about divorce, he reframes both the question and the answer around God. The transformative news that God abandons no one is exactly what saves us from treating relationships — including our relationship with God — as consumers who simply trade up when something better comes along.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Extreme Discipleship https://pinecast.com/guid/2676e880-1c5d-4ad8-b958-5f9694570d52 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:37:52 Jesus uses the misguided actions of the disciples to dial up his teaching on discipleship and what it means to belong to him. He is the one who sets the terms on who is in and who is out - and what that looks like. Jesus demands nothing less than an exclusive allegiance and ultimate obedience. Amazingly, he expects that we will gladly give things up for the sake of belonging to him and by doing so, we will find life.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no True Greatness is Upside-Down https://pinecast.com/guid/f398bff3-3247-46c8-9f98-1ceb4a050fef Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:38:59 At a time of arguing among the disciples, Jesus points to a child to redefine greatness. Only when we recognize our need and dependence do we begin to see how upside-down true greatness really is. Only when we understand how God receives us will we ever show kindness to those who can offer nothing in return.When we experience the freedom of grace, we become servants—people who no longer step on others, but serve them in life-giving ways.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Help, Thanks, Wow https://pinecast.com/guid/08691661-6bbf-441a-a48f-9a34627dfa4c Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:38:30 We live in a world focused on technique and optimization, but we aren’t immune to times of pain and failure when life feels out of control. In Mark 9, a father’s prayer in a moment of complete helplessness reveals the shape of true prayer and the nature of faith. Where do we look when life is out of control? The answer to that question has the power to sink us or transform us.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no What Does The Resurrection Mean? https://pinecast.com/guid/865113f1-a97d-4a00-8978-1aa9bae17b66 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:35:27 The Transfiguration in Mark 9 is Jesus pulling back the curtain on his own glory, but he uses resurrection language that confuses the disciples. What does Jesus rising from the dead mean? What does it mean for you? Jesus rising from the dead means that goodbyes aren't forever, and our vindication comes not from within us, but from outside of us.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no All of Me? https://pinecast.com/guid/b81ce0c1-e165-40ed-b1e8-a9ac3c7f74e3 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:35:54 God loves and desires every part of us, not just the best parts. The gospel declares that it is the worst in us that draws God closer, and he longs to transform our ugliness to resemble his beauty. God wants all of us. Discipleship is a union with Christ that demands all of you, defines you most of all, and transforms you all the way.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Let There Be Sight! https://pinecast.com/guid/26d37975-89af-4f80-a103-07654e684e84 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:40:57 A simple argument about bread turns into a spiritual eye exam. By connecting the healing of a blind man with Peter’s confession, Mark reveals that true sight is a gift of grace—formed not by human reasoning, but by seeing Jesus rightly in his death for sinners.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The Danger of Demanding of Jesus https://pinecast.com/guid/be94285d-bf3c-4a01-b06f-1fe7457bdafc Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0000 00:35:13 Why in the world did the very people who should have recognized Jesus so ardently reject him? Take a look at this week’s passage to see how an attitude of demandingness can lead you straight away from God.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Anyone Can Get In On This https://pinecast.com/guid/a922ebb1-20bc-443b-a3b8-ecb71d728b47 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:44:58 In a world that values inclusion, the words of Jesus in Mark 7, spoken to a desperate mom, come off as harsh and even offensive to us. However, if we push past our initial response and do the work of digging in to understand what's happening, this passage unlocks a beautiful truth about the gospel that transcends our greatest hopes for what inclusion might look like. We see that anyone can get in on this, but not in the way we might expect.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Losing Our Religion https://pinecast.com/guid/de7aa13f-c9df-480c-aa7c-5d9e506a404a Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:45:30 When Jesus is asked why his disciples don’t follow the rules, he responds by calling an entire group of people hypocrites. This charged encounter ends with Jesus declaring that what makes someone unclean before God comes from within—from the heart. Yet remarkably, it is our hearts, not our rule-keeping ability, that God is after. We learn that it is an appeal to God’s mercy, not our own spiritual résumé, that leads to life.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Jesus in the Boat https://pinecast.com/guid/91257888-e6bf-4d7d-b1e8-b1527af7895d Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:47:19 This week's passage uses a phrase that seems to sum up modern life: making headway painfully. We're told and sold the idea that we are only one piece of advice or one product away from stepping into our fullest selves. What if our bigger problem is that our hardened hearts have failed to understand who God is and what he's come to do? Only when God's chosen Savior in our boat will our hearts soften and our lives be opened up to grace.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no All This And Christ Too? https://pinecast.com/guid/a81d2a87-c58c-4c10-9cda-6b807a052c1c Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:37:09 “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?” The prophet Isaiah asks this piercing question, and if our restless, unsatisfied hearts are any indication, it’s one we’re still asking today. Sociologists describe the paradox of choice and the hedonic treadmill as reasons satisfaction never seems to last, no matter how great the purchase or how lofty the achievement. So where can lasting satisfaction actually be found?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no When Life Feels Like Defeat https://pinecast.com/guid/98b655ab-7bd6-40f1-a8ce-90285b438cf0 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:41:49 Where can we turn when hope feels lost? The Bible tells story after story of moments when defeat seemed inevitable—until God worked in unexpected ways to bring about redemption and victory. Following Jesus will often feel like losing, but in Christ we learn that it is always worth it.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Local Boy Makes Good https://pinecast.com/guid/1050bd0e-61b4-42d9-9703-b33e000a8ad3 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:44:59 When Jesus returns to his hometown to minister, he’s not greeted with a red carpet—he’s met with resistance. Rather than being honored, he’s rejected. The people who have known him the longest fail to truly see who he is. By reducing Jesus to a caricature of himself, they miss entirely the life-giving relationship he’s inviting them into.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Jesus Heals Two Daughters https://pinecast.com/guid/6c5f525b-c206-4eb8-9315-71d14b0eae27 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:40:12 Mark’s account of these two daughters gives us a timeless picture of the hardest realities of human life. In these twin stories, we stare disease and death in the face, and we feel the weight of true desperation. And yet, like a diamond hidden in rough stone, what emerges is something of immense value: weak, imperfect faith resting in a powerful Savior.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Power & Compassion https://pinecast.com/guid/35bcc63c-f40e-48ea-b1cb-d3759b203cb5 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0000 Jesus crosses the sea for one person—one broken, bound, hopeless man—and what follows is a breathtaking display of both divine power and divine compassion. And in that display, our self-righteousness is undone: about our own need, and about how generous or compassionate we imagine ourselves to be.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no 2026 Vision https://pinecast.com/guid/5e231a69-5675-4b60-b2e7-fc47d1550ad2 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0000 00:41:57 What is the grand story we are part of? What role does Hope North Lakes play in that story? How are we going to help more people start a relationship with Jesus in 2026? How are we going to help more people strengthen their relationship with Jesus in 2026? What will utter dependence look like? Jesus is not a reluctant Savior but one who rejoices over sinners coming home to God and we can trust in him to act.

Series: Vision 2026
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The Gift of the Holy Spirit https://pinecast.com/guid/6e43da90-63ca-44d1-bf6b-d95ec6b0a698 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:46:11 What if we stopped looking to the mirror for transformation and instead looked to God—would our lives be any different? Is that why Jesus says, “You must be born again,” before promising the gift of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit comes to dwell within us as both God and gift, making us alive to God’s love and power to change us from the inside out.

Series: Christmas 2025
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no To Us A Son Is Given https://pinecast.com/guid/2eae6578-016d-4c03-b2c2-bccf867b1400 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:38:32 Isaiah declares that a people walking in darkness will see a great light. When the light comes it is the Son of God who comes to us not on our terms but on his terms. He comes as an infant and dies as a man, willingly giving his life to end our estrangement from God. Will we receive him as a gift given to us?

Series: Christmas Series 2025
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The Father’s Generous and Gift Giving Heart https://pinecast.com/guid/3cb03d07-b8ae-479c-a1d3-37f3c97e6c07 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:42:26 The Bible from Genesis to Revelation is filled with God’s story of his continual giving to his creation, culminating in the best gift ever, Jesus Christ.

Series: Christmas 2025
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Shelter from the Storm https://pinecast.com/guid/840f8e75-6647-4269-a0fa-6d3d35ec02f1 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:40:18 We all look for comfort and answers in the midst of the storms of life. When the disciples turn to Jesus in a moment of crisis, they don’t know what to expect. Amazingly, seeing what Jesus does in the midst of their crisis causes them to have greater fear. What can fear teach us about storms and the Savior?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The Small Yes https://pinecast.com/guid/a0d50207-063b-4780-b92f-3e0b9e76f9dc Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:26:58 We tend to like things big and expect greatness on demand, but Jesus’ stories of seeds remind us that God’s kingdom grows in hidden places and humble beginnings. Ultimately, it’s Jesus’ own faithful yes—His obedience all the way to the cross—that opens the way for God’s transforming grace to take root in us. And when we trust Him with even our small yes, we’re drawn into a growth and beauty that amazes us.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Come to Light https://pinecast.com/guid/74a01982-874f-4933-a49e-15638b750447 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:41:49 When Michael Scott said, “I’m ready to get hurt again,” on The Office, he was actually tapping into the tension that we live with when it comes to opening ourselves up to love and be loved. We live in the space between openness and rejection, security and vulnerability, knowing that relationships always come with the possibility of pain. We long for a love where we can be fully seen, fully known, and fully loved without fear. This is where the Bible surprises us: when hidden things come into the light, we don’t find shame—we find grace beyond expectation and a love we can’t lose.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Mystery and Clarity https://pinecast.com/guid/e5a2563b-99c9-4042-9bf0-98be7967f7b2 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:40:47 In a time when AI can offer quick answers to our deepest questions, mystery can easily get pushed to the margins of our lives. If clarity is always at our fingertips, what place does God’s mystery have? And why does God sometimes veil his actions and words? In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus teaches that there is a secret to understanding God and his work—but it doesn’t come through simple resolution. Instead, it emerges in the tension between mystery and clarity and it can only be grasped by hearing with faith.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no When You're Here, You're Family https://pinecast.com/guid/45eaa504-73ce-42d1-a2e2-9d0df9277db4 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:36:33 Some parts of the Bible can leave us scratching our heads. In this passage, Jesus speaks a word of grace that slices through confusion and reveals something astonishing—God is doing something new, offering a freedom and security deeper than we’ve dared to hope. 

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no God's Kickball Team https://pinecast.com/guid/350adc89-62cf-4022-89c7-113ac66081c4 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000 00:38:52 We often hear, “You hold the pen—write your own story.” But chasing that ideal can leave us burdened and searching for meaning. What if there’s a greater story already being written—one that invites us in, not because of our worthiness or impressiveness, but because true love has found us?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no How to Save a Life https://pinecast.com/guid/bdb7ffa5-7942-4f0e-88bc-912a84779a44 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:36:27 We love stories with clear-cut villains—where it’s easy to point fingers and identify the good guys and the bad guys. But the storyline of the Bible compels us to see things differently. In an account about religious leaders and a man in need of healing, we uncover a deeper spiritual problem than we ever imagined: our own hearts are hard toward God. What can melt a hard heart?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The Gospel is Not Lawn Care https://pinecast.com/guid/2278e7ee-2069-42b4-bb17-804acf97cf3e Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:40:16 Like someone obsessed with their lawn, we’re constantly looking outward—measuring our lives, our status, and our efforts against others. In this search for a sense of rightness, we often end up unloving, insecure, and exhausted. Rather than producing love, our striving for justification breeds comparison and contempt. What we need is a love, rest, and freedom that doesn’t come from us but to us—a grace that resets our hearts and shifts our gaze from outward striving to upward dependence.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Forgiveness is Not A DIY Project https://pinecast.com/guid/7fd0a34f-fb49-42ce-9b79-e5522bce09d3 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:40:35 Mark 2 paints a portrait of a man going from lifelong paralysis to joyful walking down the street. And this happens in an instant! How was he made well? By the words of Jesus. But it's what Jesus does first that confronts us with the true nature of grace. Grace won’t operate on our terms, or come from within us. Before the man is healed, he is forgiven by Jesus. This teaches us that our help comes from outside of us and that a transcendently greater reality–God’s kingdom–is breaking into our world. What might it look like for grace to get us on our feet?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Who Do You Belong To? https://pinecast.com/guid/c95b5cc5-2e45-4e61-a986-431c0df7637a Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:38:26 So often, we feel isolated and like we are in a desolate place because we’ve bought the lie that “belonging to ourselves” is where life is to be found. And we’re burning out because of it. It takes this story of a leper, unwilling isolation, and a surprise encounter with Jesus in a desolate place to take the weight of the world off of our shoulders, restore us, and bring us out of isolation into the freedom of belonging to God.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Authority We Can Trust https://pinecast.com/guid/7910a4bf-d09d-462f-b757-687868b41356 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:38:53 For good and bad reasons, trust in authority is waning. And yet, we feel a need to look somewhere for hope and leadership. We need an authority figure who is powerfully and relentlessly committed to making all things new. We need an authority figure who is personally invested in our lives. We need authority we can trust. Where can this person be found?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Not Defined by Our Performance https://pinecast.com/guid/bbd92a8d-451d-46ca-a799-15788909b8ad Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:40:38 What if every day didn’t have to feel like a performance review? What if we could find relief from keeping score or from wondering if we'll ever be enough? Jesus announces that the time is at hand to believe the good news, and this good news has the power to finally set us free from being defined by what we do. No more being defined by our performance!

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no The Smile of God https://pinecast.com/guid/c769c8b3-f72a-442a-9427-27de927365f1 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:45:47 Why does Jesus get baptized? And what does it mean that He came to “fulfill all righteousness”? In Mark 1, these surprising moments reveal the heart of the gospel — a Savior who stands in our place and sets us free from living for approval. In Jesus, we receive a new lease on life under the smile of God. And this comes not by pretending we have it all together, but by being honest about our shortcomings and turning to Him for approval and grace.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no New Beginnings https://pinecast.com/guid/3d8cc2f5-d1f6-45ef-93e4-68828d8d95c2 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:44:02 Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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]]> no Jesus Rocks! https://pinecast.com/guid/3435ba8f-580f-494d-be7d-2d20f62299d3 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:00:00 -0000 00:34:40 As we zoom out the biblical story, we see that Exodus 17 is not about a random rock in the wilderness, but about Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God, the bread of life, and the Rock that was struck with the blow of justice so we rebels could find ourselves swept up in a story that leads to eternal and overflowing gratitude to God.

Series: Cloud of Witnesses
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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