New Hope Lutheran Church’s Podcast

Christ is Our Door to Eternal Life (Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter: April 26, 2026)

Our Sunday morning sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter preached by our second-year seminarian, William Harr. It is based on our readings from ⁠⁠Acts 2:42–47⁠⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202%3A42%E2%80%9347&version=ESV], ⁠⁠⁠Psalm 23 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2023&version=ESV], ⁠1 Peter 2:19–25 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%202%3A19%E2%80%9325&version=ESV], & ⁠John 10:1–10⁠⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010%3A1%E2%80%9310&version=ESV]. If you are in the Ossian area and are looking for a church home, we invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 10:00am or on Thursday mornings at 11:30am. If you are not in the Ossian area and are looking for a church home, we encourage you to go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠locator.lcms.org⁠⁠⁠ [⁠locator.lcms.org]⁠ to find a church near you.

The Source of Our Joy (Sermon for Jubilate: April 23, 2026)

Our Thursday morning sermon for Easter Day. It is based on our readings from ⁠⁠Isaiah 40:25–31⁠⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A25%E2%80%9331&version=ESV], ⁠⁠⁠Psalm 147:1-11⁠⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20147%3a1-11&version=ESV], ⁠1 Peter 2:11–20⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%202%3A11%E2%80%9320&version=ESV], & ⁠John 16:16–22⁠⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016%3A16%E2%80%9322&version=ESV]. If you are in the Ossian area and are looking for a church home, we invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 10:00am or on Thursday mornings at 11:30am. If you are not in the Ossian area and are looking for a church home, we encourage you to go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠locator.lcms.org⁠⁠⁠ [⁠locator.lcms.org]⁠ to find a church near you.

To Confess Christ is Risen (Sermon for Easter Day: April 5, 2026)

Our Sunday morning sermon for Easter Day. It is based on our readings from ⁠Acts 10:34–43⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2010%3A34%E2%80%9343&version=ESV], ⁠⁠Psalm 16⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV], Colossians 3:1–4 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%203%3A1%E2%80%934&version=ESV], & Matthew 28:1–10⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2028%3A1%E2%80%9310&version=ESV]. If you are in the Ossian area and are looking for a church home, we invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 10:00am or on Thursday mornings at 11:30am. If you are not in the Ossian area and are looking for a church home, we encourage you to go to ⁠⁠⁠locator.lcms.org⁠⁠ [⁠locator.lcms.org]⁠ to find a church near you.

The Eyes of Faith: Mary Magdalene (Sermon for Easter Sunrise: April 5, 2026)

The final sermon in our Lenten Sermon series, The Eyes of Faith, where we take a look at the saints of old and how they were looking forward to the death and resurrection of Christ. This week we look at Mary Magdalene. The texts that serve as the foundation for our sermon are ⁠⁠⁠Psalm 118:15–29 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20118%3A15%E2%80%9329&version=ESV], Exodus 14:10—15:1 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2014%3A10%E2%80%9415%3A1&version=ESV], ⁠⁠1 Corinthians 15:1–11 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A1%E2%80%9311&version=ESV], & ⁠⁠⁠John 20:1–18⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2020%3A1%E2%80%9318&version=ESV]⁠. If you are in the Ossian, IN area and are looking for a church home, we invite you to join us Sunday mornings at 10:00am or Thursday mornings at 11:30am. If you are not in the Ossian, IN area, we encourage you to go to ⁠⁠⁠locator.lcms.org⁠⁠⁠ [locator.lcms.org] to find a church near you.

The Eyes of Faith: Nicodemus (Sermon for Good Friday: April 3, 2026)

The eighth sermon in our Lenten Sermon series, The Eyes of Faith, where we take a look at the saints of old and how they were looking forward to the death and resurrection of Christ. This week we look at Nicodemus. The texts that serve as the foundation for our sermon are ⁠⁠⁠Psalm 22⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2022&version=ESV], ⁠⁠⁠Isaiah 52:13—53:12⁠⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052%3A13%E2%80%9453%3A12&version=ESV], Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%204%3A14%E2%80%9316%3B%205%3A7%E2%80%939&version=ESV], & ⁠⁠⁠John 18:1—19:42⁠ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018%3A1%E2%80%9419%3A42&version=ESV]⁠. If you are in the Ossian, IN area and are looking for a church home, we invite you to join us Sunday mornings at 10:00am or Thursday mornings at 11:30am. If you are not in the Ossian, IN area, we encourage you to go to ⁠⁠⁠locator.lcms.org⁠⁠⁠ [locator.lcms.org] to find a church near you.