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Peter swore he would never deny Jesus, even if everyone else did. A few hours later, warming himself by a fire, he told a servant girl, “I don’t know him.” Mark leaves him there, weeping, broken, with no ending in sight. Maybe you know what that feels like: stuck in the middle of a story you hoped would turn out differently. Know that our failures don’t get the final word. Jesus does. And the good news is his promises hold when ours don’t. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:08) - Peter’s Denial and the Hope of Redemption (03:42) - The Details of Peter’s Denial (09:02) - What It Means to Be in the Middle (15:40) - Jesus, Not Peter, at the Center (21:54) - The Truth That Exposes Our Weakness (25:39) - Jesus’ Faithfulness Covers Our Unfaithfulness (31:29) - Grace Gives Our Story a Redemptive Ending (33:11) - Communion, Prayer, and Reflection

Picture the people around Jesus on the night he was arrested. A friend betrayed him with a kiss, one follower swung a sword, another ran off naked into the dark, and the religious leaders put him on trial with lies. It’s easy to think, “I wouldn’t have done that.” But the truth is we have done such things. What is more, the one arrested will be unjustly condemned on our account. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:03) - The Line Between Good and Evil (05:02) - Jesus Faces the Darkness (08:32) - Judas and the Kiss of Betrayal (14:43) - Fight or Flight (19:24) - Nakedness, Shame, and Being Clothed (26:43) - Jesus on Trial (31:51) - The Villain and the Savior (34:34) - The Villain Within (39:48) - Condemned in Our Place (41:07) - Look to Jesus in Worship

The night before the cross, Jesus tells his closest friends they’ll all abandon him. Peter insists he never will. Hours later, in a garden called Gethsemane, Jesus falls to the ground in anguish while those same friends fall asleep. Why was Jesus so afraid? What was the “cup” he begged his Father to take away? And what hope is there for people like us when facing circumstances beyond our strength? Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:05) - God’s Forgiveness and the Story of Hope (04:45) - Mark’s Gospel and the Two-Stage Healing (06:53) - Jesus Foretells the Disciples’ Failure (13:14) - Peter’s Confidence and Human Weakness (15:39) - Jesus’ Anguish in Gethsemane (18:07) - The Cup of Wrath and Jesus’ Surrender (21:37) - The Disciples’ Weakness and Our Need for God (27:18) - Jesus Faithfully Faces Betrayal and the Cross (28:08) - Five Lessons from Gethsemane (30:47) - Jesus, the Second Adam, Chooses Obedience (33:35) - An Afraid Savior Who Understands Our Fear (35:09) - Permission to Pray Through Suffering (35:44) - Jesus Drinks the Cup of Wrath (37:02) - Admitting Our Need and Trusting the Gospel (38:18) - Prayer of Gratitude and Closing Word

This special episode is a bonfire conversation with Hope’s founders and longtime staff, recorded for our 30th anniversary. Thirty years ago, 14 people from a young marrieds Sunday school class sat in a living room wondering what this thing called Hope Community would be. They had no building and no money, and by their own account they did “so many dumb things” that God protected them through. Their stories keep circling back to the same two things: God providing what they didn’t have, and a church that became a family. “God is starting new stories every day in the people that are walking through. And He’s not done.” For more resources from Hope Community Church, or to learn more about us, visit our website at https://hopecc.com

The Last Supper is one of the most memorable and iconic paintings ever painted, and it depicts the last time Jesus would eat a meal before his crucifixion. This week, we take a deeper dive into that night, and aim to make this familiar event shock us once again. Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:07) - Hope’s Church-Planting Story (09:49) - Approaching the Last Supper (19:43) - Passover Traditions and Timing (21:23) - Jesus Sets Events in Motion (23:53) - The Betrayer at the Table (26:48) - Jesus, the Bread of Life (33:25) - The Cup of the New Covenant (38:40) - Remembering Christ Through Communion

In this passage from Mark 14, a woman walks into a dinner party and breaks open a jar of (very!) expensive perfume pouring all of it on Jesus. Some respond with indignation stating, “Why this waste?!” In response, Jesus alludes to another broken jar, his own body, which will soon be broken and poured out. How will you and I respond to such “waste”? Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:09) - Super Suit To Cross (02:45) - Why This Waste? (06:28) - Mark’s Gospel Setup (09:48) - Passover And Unleavened Bread (16:02) - The Broken Jar (19:23) - Aroma Or Stench (23:52) - Not A Waste (26:00) - Broken For Burial (30:41) - Leave Her Alone (33:17) - Accusations And Grace (37:54) - The Cross Defends (39:14) - Questions For Reflection (42:40) - Broken For Us

Today’s passage from Mark 13 is one of the strangest, most anxiety-riddled chapters in all the Gospels. Many Christians may seek peace through decoding present realities. But is that how Jesus directs us? If not, how do we find peace amid the chaos swirling about us? Series: The Gospel of Mark Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:04) - Welcome and Gospel Purpose (02:13) - Back to Mark’s Gospel (05:10) - Jesus Revealed and Rejected (08:08) - The Temple Will Fall (12:55) - When the World Quakes (14:28) - Decoding the Abomination (25:06) - Steady Amid the Shaking (30:57) - The Spirit Will Help (33:07) - Words That Never Pass (35:15) - The Temple Comes Down (39:28) - The Son of Man Comes (41:47) - Peace in a Quaking World

We’ve been looking at the difficult topic of Jesus First: Engaging Christ, Engaging the world. This week, we will look at a familiar passage (the parable of the good Samaritan) as a spring board to get super practical about how all of this affects our lives. Series: Jesus First: Engaging Christ, Engaging the World Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:02) - Water Bottles and Series Intro (01:44) - Why This Series Matters (05:05) - Good Samaritan Context (11:46) - The Lawyer’s Test (14:59) - The Robbery Story (17:33) - The Merciful Samaritan (20:31) - Losing to Find Life (23:24) - Discipleship and Perspectives (27:21) - Gospel, Idolatry, and Politics (31:19) - Relational Fractures (35:55) - Small Groups and Disagreement (39:23) - Kingdom Values in Action (40:42) - Communion and Closing Prayer

Party loyalty says pick a side. Cancel culture says burn the bridge. But before either of those had a claim on us, the love of Christ already did. Truly, he is the only one strong enough to hold together unity amidst diversity and disagreement within the church. Series: Jesus First: Engaging Christ, Engaging the World Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:07) - First Things First (02:15) - Jesus Above Politics (06:11) - Christlikeness in Conflict (08:57) - A Safe Church (12:59) - The Ministry of Reconciliation (15:50) - Love Compels Unity (21:37) - Guard the Foundations (28:06) - Make Room for Difference (33:13) - Beyond the Political Binary (38:11) - Reconciliation in Community (45:51) - Growing Neighbor-Love

In this, our second message in the Jesus First series, we look to Christ so that we might look more like Christ. This means we cast off the binary approach to politics and the ideological approach of negative partisanship. Instead, the love of Christ compels us to move toward the brokenness of our world with both compassion and conviction. Series: Jesus First Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:03) - Jesus First in Culture

We launched our new series, Jesus First, exploring how we engage a hurting and divided culture, not by starting with “what should Christians think about X?” but by starting with Christ himself. From 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, we were reminded that of first importance is our shared belief that Christ died, was buried, and rose again. Before we can engage the pressing issues facing our city, we must not start with an issue, but with Jesus. Series: Jesus First Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:03) - Downtown Parking and Kickoff Details (02:35) - Why We See Patterns (08:22) - Jesus First in Culture (13:39) - The Gospel Above All (27:48) - Keep First Things First (30:42) - Jesus, Savior and Lord (32:02) - Christ Reigns Now (34:16) - Hope's Mission in Downtown (38:18) - Misreading the Church (38:58) - Start with Jesus (41:01) - Jesus Plus Nothing (43:34) - Loyal to Jesus Alone (46:59) - Jesus Shapes Engagement (48:42) - Return to First Things

David wrote Psalm 63 farther from the sanctuary than he'd ever been — hunted, thirsty, surrounded by men who wanted him dead. And yet the closer danger comes, the more intimate his words to God become. What if the safest place was never the sanctuary at all? Series: Psalms Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:13) - Parking and Downtown Tension (01:51) - Jesus First Series (03:45) - White Bear Lake Tornado (07:47) - Psalm 3 A.M. (09:37) - Three Movements in the Psalm (17:21) - Sanctuary to Desert (23:34) - Gospel and Law (27:10) - Enemies Renamed (30:22) - Jesus the Greater David (34:08) - Safe in the Storm (36:29) - Titanic and the Lifeboat (41:13) - Reflection and Communion

People say Psalm 1 belongs in Proverbs and Psalm 2 belongs with the prophets. They're the weirdest psalms in the whole book. So why does the New Testament quote Psalm 2 more than almost any other? This week we look at the rule of the king, and how a coronation song for Israel ends up being all about King Jesus. Series: Psalms Speaker: Steve Treichler Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:04) - Summer Isn’t Over (00:57) - Psalm 2 and Israel’s King (06:11) - Coronation of the King (14:24) - The Messiah in Scripture (18:24) - Jesus Fulfills the Psalm (23:27) - A New Kind of King (28:42) - Praying Psalm 2 in Acts (31:05) - The Nations Join Jesus (34:45) - Four Psalm 2 Implications (39:57) - Responding to King Jesus

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 - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:05) - Founding Pastor’s Story (03:24) - Psalms in Storms (04:14) - Psalm 1 Begins (06:30) - Reading the Psalms (12:35) - Two Life Paths (17:27) - Scripture Changes Everything (21:57) - Jesus Is the Righteous One (27:27) - Righteous in Christ (32:38) - Living by Grace (34:35) - Communion and Response

The Psalms are poetic and hit all the feels. But is that their main goal? Jesus said he came to fulfill the Psalms. How so? This week we look at Psalm 34 which includes King David faking insanity, a malnourished lion, and Jesus filling us with hope amidst personal hurts and heartbreaks. Series: Psalms Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown. (00:05) - Sabbatical Reflections (03:43) - Psalms and Jesus (06:19) - David’s Delivered Praise (10:49) - David in Gath (17:43) - Spiritual Victory Explained (21:46) - The Hungry Lion (30:00) - When Scripture Feels Hollow (31:18) - Jesus in the Psalms (35:41) - The Malnourished Lion (37:29) - Trusting Jesus Fully (39:22) - Faith Through Affliction (42:14) - Deliverance Will Come