Extreme Discipleship

5 Responses to Jesus

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 Download Message Slides [https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260607NL.pdf] For more resources or to learn more about Hope North Lakes, visit hopecc.com/northlakes [https://hopecc.com/northlakes]

Bear Fruit

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 Download Message Slides [https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260531NL.pdf] For more resources or to learn more about Hope North Lakes, visit hopecc.com/northlakes [https://hopecc.com/northlakes]

We Never Graduate From the Gospel

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 Download Message Slides [https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260524NL.pdf] For more resources or to learn more about Hope North Lakes, visit hopecc.com/northlakes [https://hopecc.com/northlakes]

So You Want Your Life to Matter?

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 Download Message Slides [https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260517NL.pdf] For more resources or to learn more about Hope North Lakes, visit hopecc.com/northlakes [https://hopecc.com/northlakes]

Jesus Looked At Us And Loved Us

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 Download Message Slides [https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260510NL.pdf] For more resources or to learn more about Hope North Lakes, visit hopecc.com/northlakes [https://hopecc.com/northlakes]