Hope Downtown Minneapolis Sermons

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