The Gift of 2020
Lead Pastor Dave Mudd shares how life's challenges are opportunities for pure joy.
Jan 03, 2021•37 min•Season 21Ep. 1
The Hope Collective Message Podcast
Weekly messages about the hope of Jesus from The Hope Collective in Lake Zurich, IL. Learn more at thehopeco.com.
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Hope Cast
December 27, 2020
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 20Ep. 49
Remember Love
Pastor Natalie Mudd helps us remember how to love others by reminding us of the love God has shown us. The Hope Collective's Worship Ministry shares some of their favorite Christmas moments.
Dec 21, 2020•40 min•Season 20Ep. 48
Remember Peace
Lead Pastor Dave Mudd unpacks how the glory of God brings about peace on earth. The Hope Collective sits in on a conversation with Terrance Wallace of the InZone Project.
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 20Ep. 47
Remember Hope
Lead Pastor Dave Mudd talks about the dangers of misplaced hope and the difference Jesus makes this holiday season.
Dec 06, 2020•36 min•Season 20Ep. 46
Hope Shows Up
Spiritual Formation Pastor Alex Gowler talks about the power of hope in the midst of difficulties. Lead Pastor Dave Mudd shares a special announcement about Christmas services at The Hope Collective.
Nov 29, 2020•41 min•Season 20Ep. 45
Perhaps God
Youth Pastor Stephen Vazquez shares about God's work in the lives of two leaders from Hope Co. Youth. Lead Pastor Dave Mudd talks about the difference between being paralyzed by fear and being propelled by faith.
Nov 22, 2020•41 min•Season 20Ep. 44
Enough to Go Around
Pastor Alex Gowler invites us to find a place in one of the most famous stories ever told about Jesus.
Nov 15, 2020•40 min
Radical Love
The Trinity girls' soccer team shares a story of hope in the midst of quarantine. Lead Pastor Dave Mudd talks about the radical love that comes from faith in God.
Nov 10, 2020•48 min•Season 20Ep. 42
Love No Matter What
The Hope Collective sits in on a conversation about living from an undivided heart. Lead Pastor Dave Mudd shares a message on the posture of love in a divisive time.
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 20Ep. 41
Focused Living
Lead Pastor Dave Mudd explores what it means to follow Jesus with an undivided heart. April shares a story of how reading Scripture is changing the way she approaches life's challenges.
Oct 25, 2020•22 min•Season 20Ep. 40
Choosing Maintenance or Mission
Lead Pastor Dave Mudd shares about the difference between maintenance and mission for followers of Jesus. Plus, a conversation with men and women from The Hope Collective who are growing in relationship with God as they take up their Kingdom responsibility.
Oct 18, 2020•36 min•Season 20Ep. 39
Choosing Comfort or a Cross
Jesus made one thing clear about following him: it wasn't for the faint of heart. It was a life of difficulty, sacrifice, and self-denial for the love of God and good of others. When we settle for security and ease, we settle for something less than the revolution Jesus was starting. If we want to join Jesus on his mission to bring hope, we'll need to choose between pursuing comfort or picking up a cross.
Oct 11, 2020•38 min•Season 20Ep. 38
New Wine, New Wineskins
There is something new that God wants to do: in the world, in the church, and in each of our hearts. In his life and teachings, Jesus called out the one thing that would keep his people from embracing this new thing that God had in store. Join Alpine Chapel for a special message from Lead Pastor Dave Mudd about patching old clothes, pouring new wine, and what it means to live with an openness to the new things of God.
Oct 04, 2020•45 min•Season 20Ep. 37
The Pride of Life
There is a lie that humanity has been buying since the first pages of Scripture: that we can be like God and call the shots for our own lives. When we buy into this lie, we think of ourselves as the center of the universe and expect our families, society, and God himself to meet our demands. This is what John calls “the pride of life”. God loves us too much to let us ruin our lives by thinking this way. Check out the final part of Alpine Chapel’s discussion on 1 John 2:16 and what it means to mo...
Sep 28, 2020•46 min•Season 20Ep. 36
The Flesh, the Eyes, and the Love of God
Worldliness can creep into our lives and our communities without us even realizing it. Not only will it keep us from experiencing God's love in our lives but it keeps us from showing God's love to others. How can we avoid the pitfalls of what John calls "the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes" and open ourselves to more of God's love? Join Alpine Chapel for a round table discussion about 1 John 2:16 and what it looks like to live out our loves in the way that God makes possible in Jesus....
Sep 20, 2020•37 min•Season 20Ep. 35
The Fight Against Worldliness
We are living on the cutting edge of history. There is something new that God wants to do in and through his church but there is one thing that will keep us from bringing the HOPE of Jesus to the world around us. It’s putting more hope in the world that Jesus came to save than in Jesus, himself. Listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd sheds light on the disease of worldliness that threatens to kill our life with God and encourages us not to give us the fight to keep our first love.
Sep 13, 2020•37 min•Season 20Ep. 34
From the One to the Many
The way relationships start isn't always the way relationships stay. In order for things to grow, they have to change. Many people associate God's presence as being in one place and available to one person. While our relationship with God may have started with this way of thinking, God's desire has always been for the one to become the many. Check out Part Three of Alpine Chapel's series, "From Here to There" and listen as Spiritual Formation Pastor Alex Gowler talks about what it looks like to ...
Sep 06, 2020•29 min•Season 20Ep. 33
From the Stage to the Table
Jesus spent much of his life around tables. Whether it was with his followers, those who were curious, or the ones society called "the wrong kind of people", Jesus knew that an invitation to the table was an invitation to relationship. It's the same invitation that God gives us today and that we can give to others. Check out Part Two of Alpine Chapel's series, "From Here to There" and listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd shares about the power of the table in all its messiness, honesty, and opportuni...
Aug 30, 2020•42 min•Season 20Ep. 32
From Captivity to Freedom
One thing we can all agree on is that the pandemic has revealed things about us: our priorities, our struggles, and the things that keep us back from what God wants to do in our lives. We've had to come face to face with our captivity. Throughout history, God has proven himself to be a God that brings freedom to the captive. How can we experience the freedom He offers and bring that freedom to others? Join Alpine Chapel for a special message titled, "From Captivity to Freedom", and listen as Lea...
Aug 24, 2020•39 min•Season 20Ep. 31
Are We Living In The "End Times"?
Not all questions are created equal. In fact, every question you're asked comes from a different place and requires a different response. Giving a good answer doesn't mean having the right response. It means taking the time to figure out where each question is coming from and what the person asking really want. Join Alpine Chapel for Part Four of our series "Asking For a Friend" and listen as Spiritual Formation Pastor Alex Gowler shares a framework for understanding where questions come from, t...
Jul 27, 2020•35 min•Season 20Ep. 30
What Does it Mean to Listen?
There's a famous line in Scripture that we seem to be getting backward. It instructs us to be "quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry." Instead, every one of us is tempted to be slow to listen, quick to talk back, and get angry in an instant. So what does it mean to listen, really? And why should we listen in the first place? Check out Part Four of Alpine Chapel's series, "Asking for a Friend", and listen as Prof. Jeremy Pettitt unpacks a powerful truth: you cannot truly love y...
Jul 19, 2020•40 min•Season 20Ep. 29
Paul's Thorn in the Flesh
We all like it when God allows the good things in our life, but what about the difficult things? What about those weaknesses that slow us down, hold us up, and keep us from doing everything we feel like we should be doing? The apostle Paul wasn't afraid to ask God these questions or share what he learned with the church in Corith. While Paul didn't get the response he wanted, he did get a response that's helpful for us as we think about these question today. Check out Part Two of Alpine Chapel's...
Jul 17, 2020•24 min•Season 20Ep. 28
The Freedom to Disagree
Tough questions are being addressed by culture that need to be addressed by the church, too. The problem is that we seem to have lost the ability to "agree to disagree", both inside and outside the community of faith. As the church, we can lead the way in talking about things that matter to us knowing that the way we talk matters to God. We may not always agree, but we will always be family. Join Alpine Chapel for Part One of our brand new series, "Asking for a Friend". Listen as Lead Pastor Dav...
Jul 06, 2020•36 min•Season 20Ep. 27
Spirit-Led Pt. 2
There are only two types of desires that we experience in life: those that come from the Holy Spirit and those that don't. When we follow Jesus, the Holy Spirit gives us new desires that we still have the choice to act on or not. These Holy Spirit desires always take the shape of the answer to this question: what does love require? Check out Part Five of Alpine Chapel's series on Community DNA and listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd invites us to ask ourselves the question "what does love require?" ...
Jun 28, 2020•35 min•Season 20Ep. 26
Fathered By God
The heart of God has always been to enjoy a relationship with us. It's why he seeks us out, draws us back, and pulls out all the stops to put his love on display towards us. It's only by experiencing this love through Jesus that we become the people of love that God created us to be. Join Alpine Chapel for a special Father's Day message from Lead Pastor Dave Mudd all about seeing, believing, receiving, and feeding the love of God the Father towards us.
Jun 22, 2020•33 min•Season 20Ep. 25
Spirit-Led
The Holy Spirit isn't a tool or a technique that we leverage for our advantage. The Holy Spirit is a person that leads us to join God's mission of reconciliation. When we're led by him, we develop a deep hatred for sin, both the bad things we do and the good things we leave undone. When a community is led by the Holy Spirit, it becomes a place where we can confess those sins to one another and experience God's forgiveness and healing through the love of others. Join Alpine Chapel for Part Five o...
Jun 16, 2020•38 min•Season 20Ep. 24
Accountability
For too long, "accountability" in community has meant giving people a report on your bad behavior. This idea of accountability falls far short of what Jesus had in mind. Accountability doesn't mean focusing on what we're doing wrong. It means helping one another hear and respond to God's voice in our life. Join Alpine Chapel for Part Four of our series on Community DNA and listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd shares a timely message on the power of community to help us find and do the good that God i...
Jun 08, 2020•46 min•Season 20Ep. 23
Trust and Transparency
People grow best in environments where they can feel safe and be seen. The problem is that our experiences trusting people can make us feel anything but safe, so we hide from others and stunt our own growth as people. The family that Jesus invites us into is one where we aren't afraid to be seen because we know that we're safe. That's the power of community. Check out Part Three of Alpine Chapel's series about Community DNA and listen as Pastor Alex Gowler talks about the role of trust and trans...
May 31, 2020•25 min•Season 20Ep. 22
Know and Be Known
God gave us each other so that we could care for one another in times like this, but it's hard to care for one another when you don't know one another. That's why when it comes to community, the conversation starts with knowing and being known: letting people see the real you and embracing people as the real them. We have the power to do this because God does it for us. Check out Part Two of Alpine's series on biblical community and listen as Lead Pastor Dave Mudd talks about what it means to be...
May 25, 2020•41 min•Season 20Ep. 21
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