Hope Church - Fort Worth, TX

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Hope Church - Fort Worth, TX is a religion podcast hosted by Hope Church, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  3C Have We Made Jesus Into Someone He Isn't?

  Sep 29, 20261h 27m

  Pastor Matt Sturdevant opens the 3C Podcast with a deep dive into Romans 1:1-17, laying out four main truths from Paul's introduction: the gospel is from God, it's about Jesus, it's for everyone who believes, and it reveals the righteousness of God. The team reflects personally on three "why it matters" takeaways — understanding the real gospel, personally responding to it, and never being ashamed of it. Each pastor shares honestly about where they've struggled, from falling into performance-based faith, to fearing an "unpardonable sin," to staying quiet about Jesus when the crowd pushed back. Pastor Matt then goes deeper into what the Sunday sermon didn't have time to cover, walking through four distortions of the gospel — adding to it (Jesus plus something), removing from it (Jesus minus something essential), changing it (redefining Biblical categories altogether), and combining it with another worldview. From there, he identifies several counterfeit versions of Jesus that grow out of these distortions: the self-help guru Jesus, the political activist Jesus, the prosperity gospel Jesus, the patriotic Jesus, the warm and fuzzy non-confrontational Jesus, and the legalistic Jesus. The team is clear that the antidote to all of these is knowing the real gospel through consistent, personal Bible reading. To close out the episode, the team introduces a new five-week segment on faithful citizenship, with Pastor Matt framing the conversation around the truth that Jesus is King. He challenges listeners to avoid two dangerous extremes — political idolatry on one side and total political withdrawal on the other — and to instead land in the middle with faithful stewardship. Whatever the election results may bring, the mission of Jesus doesn't change, and neither does the One sitting on the throne.

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  The Gospel: The Foundation for Everything

  Sep 28, 202657 min

  Pastor Matt Sturdevant opens the church's new series through the book of Romans — the final leg of their "Bible in a J.A.R" journey through John, Acts, and Romans — with a clear and compelling introduction to the gospel. Drawing from Romans 1:1–17, he lays out the series' big idea: the gospel isn't simply about salvation; it's about total life transformation. Romans, he explains, is the "why" behind everything — the theological foundation that makes the Christian life make sense, covering everything from sin and grace to justification, sanctification, and the Holy Spirit. From Paul's opening verses, Pastor Matt identifies four defining truths about the gospel. First, the gospel is from God — it wasn't invented by the apostles, and it was never God's Plan B. From Genesis forward, Scripture tells a single unfolding story pointing toward Jesus. Second, the gospel is about Jesus — fully human, descended from David, and fully God, powerfully declared the Son of God through the resurrection. Third, it's for everyone who believes — crossing every human dividing line of culture, class, and background, though it does not teach universal salvation. And fourth, it reveals the righteousness of God — a righteousness that God doesn't merely meet, but defines, which creates the central problem Romans will spend its pages answering: how can unrighteous people ever be made right with a perfectly righteous God? Pastor Matt closes with three personal implications. He challenges the congregation to make sure they understand the real gospel rather than a counterfeit version built on self-effort or religious performance. He urges every person to personally respond to the gospel, because knowing facts about Jesus is not the same as trusting him. And finally, echoing Paul's own declaration in Romans 1:16, he calls believers to never be ashamed of the gospel — reminding them that the power to save people rests in the gospel itself, not in anyone's ability to present it perfectly.

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  3C: When Life Feels Out of Control, Do This First

  Sep 23, 20261h 31m

  Pastor Matt Sturdevant's sermon on the second half of Esther centers on a powerful big idea: faith is not certainty about the outcome, but confidence in God that enables obedience when the outcome is uncertain. Drawing from ten Biblical principles for navigating uncertainty, the pastoral team (Brian Cropp, Jake Myers, Luke Myers, and Jeremy Good) unpack what it looks like to face life's hard moments God's way rather than defaulting to our natural instincts. Those instincts, Matt points out, can be real but not reliable, shaped by fear, past wounds, personality, and the culture around us. A major thread running through the conversation is the contrast between what we naturally do when uncertainty hits: isolate, hide, worry, pretend, withdraw, and go it alone, and what God's people are called to do: connect, share, bear burdens together, pray, be honest, and walk alongside one another. The team gets refreshingly candid about their own go-to coping mechanisms, from ice cream and YouTube to distraction and procrastination, before landing on the truth that prayer should be our first response, not our last resort. As Martin Luther reportedly said, "I have so much to do that I must spend the first three hours of the day in prayer." The episode also walks through a practical spectrum of decision-making, from what the Bible clearly commands and forbids to a wide middle ground that requires genuine discernment, wisdom, and a close walk with God. The episode closes with a reminder that ultimate certainty isn't a guaranteed happy ending to every story — it's the unshakeable confidence that God wins in the end.

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  How to Live with Confidence When Life is Uncertain

  Sep 21, 202659 min

  Picking up where last week left off, Pastor Matt Sturdevant continues this two-week series through the book of Esther by shifting the focus from what we believe to how we actually live. The central question he puts before the congregation is this: how do I practically live today in light of God's sovereignty? Using Esther 4:13-16 as his anchor text, Pastor Matt defines faith not as certainty about an outcome, but as confidence in God that enables obedience when the outcome is uncertain — a definition beautifully illustrated by Esther's own words, "If I perish, I perish." From there, Pastor Matt walks through ten practical, Biblical principles for navigating uncertainty. After briefly reviewing the first three from last week — accepting what we cannot control, trusting God even when we can't see what He's doing, and believing God can use us where we are — he unpacks seven more. These include not facing uncertainty alone, praying before panicking, refusing to let fear make our decisions, obeying what God has already made clear, acting wisely rather than recklessly, trusting God with what happens after we obey, and remembering that in the end, God wins. Each principle is grounded in the story of Esther and reinforced with Scripture, drawing from passages like Philippians 4:6-7, John 14:15, Matthew 10:16, and Romans 8:35-37. Pastor Matt closes with a powerful reminder that Esther's story of deliverance ultimately points to the greater deliverance found in Jesus Christ. While not every believer receives an "Esther chapter nine" ending to their struggles in this life, Christians can walk with confidence because the resurrection of Jesus means that sin, suffering, and death do not get the final word. As Hebrews 4:16 reminds us, we can draw near to the throne of grace with confidence — not because we have all the answers, but because we know the One who does.

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  3C - How to Trust God When You Don't Know What's Next

  Sep 16, 20261h 25m

  Pastor Matt Sturdevant and the pastoral staff of Hope Church continue their two-week series through the Book of Esther, using the Three C Podcast to go deeper than Sunday morning allowed. The big idea of the series is this: certainty is not knowing what will happen next — it is knowing who you can trust when you don't know what's coming. The team unpacks three anchoring truths: God is in control even when we are not, God is working even when we cannot see it, and God has a purpose even when we do not understand it. They also offer a crucial warning — the message of Esther is not that trusting God guarantees the outcome we want. The answer to an uncertain world is not a principle; it's a person — Jesus Christ. The podcast then goes several layers deeper into the historical and Biblical context of the story. Pastor Matt draws a fascinating line connecting Haman the Agagite back to Agag, the Amalekite king whom King Saul failed to destroy in 1 Sam. 15, and traces Mordecai's lineage back to the house of Kish in the tribe of Benjamin — the same lineage as Saul himself. This means the conflict between Mordecai and Haman is, in many ways, a generational rematch of Saul versus Agag. Even further, Haman's plot to annihilate every Jew across all 127 provinces is not merely a political threat — it is an assault on God's covenant promise to Abraham in Gen. 12 and Gen. 22, and ultimately an attempt to destroy the messianic line before the Messiah could come. The team then moves into application, wrestling with the tension between trusting God and falling into passivity. Using a framework of opportunity, obedience, and outcome , they make clear that God provides the opportunities and governs the outcomes, while human responsibility lives in the middle — faithful obedience. They walk through a sweeping list of things we can influence but cannot control: other people's decisions, our children's faith, our health, our reputations, and the growth of the church. The takeaway is both humbling and freeing — we are responsible for our response and our faithfulness, and we can trust God with everything else.

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