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Hope Commons Church
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The Hope Commons Church in Chico, CA, works though books of the Bible one story at at time. Each weekend the valiant teaching staff takes on the next story, considering the historical and cultural context and applying it to our everyday life.
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Imitation Power
3w ago00:34:36Tap to summarizeExodus 6 - 7 | This week, the narrating voice of Exodus slows down the story with a genealogy. This is where most of us skip forward, but we won't today! Also, Moses and Aaron unleash the completely unique sign from Yahweh that proves that the brothers are representing the actual deity of the Hebrew people. Turns out Pharaoh's magicians can also make their shepherd staffs become snakes. Now what?
Transcribe →Life Gets Harder
4w ago00:29:42Tap to summarizeTranscribe →The Oldest Son
Jul 500:41:53Tap to summarizeExodus 4 | Moses has been given the assignment to go back to Egypt and speak truth to power. He is to confront Pharaoh and bring the Hebrew people out of slavery and into a covenant relationship with Yahweh, the God of Israel. Yet, Moses isn't quite ready. God is now coming after him!
Transcribe →June 28, 2026 | Trust You? I Just Met You! | Exodus 4
Jun 2800:36:26Tap to summarizeExodus 4 | Yahweh, the God of Israel, has a big ask for Moses. But, Moses is full of questions and deflections. Why? Well, Like I said, it is a big ask. And, why should Moses trust Yahweh? After all, they just got introduced on a first name bases.
Transcribe →God Gets a Name
Jun 2101:15:14Tap to summarizeExodus 3 | So far in the Story of God, God has not introduced Himself with a name. Oh, the narrator's voice has a name for God, and some of the characters have a name for God. Today, God introduces, not just a name, but a whole concept of who God is.
Transcribe →Moses Gets a Name
Jun 1400:40:54Tap to summarizeExodus 2 - 3 | The story of the Hebrew people are oppressed and in need of rescuing. God hears their cry and is moved to compassion. But, who to call on? God is in need of a hero. God is in need of a savior. God calls on a man with half a name.
Transcribe →The Chaos Comes Back
Jun 700:39:55Tap to summarizeText: Exodus 1:1–2:10 Big Idea: Exodus is Israel’s identity story, retold by a people learning who they are after exile. It begins by showing that the chaos God pushed back in Genesis has returned through Pharaoh’s empire, slavery, and the Nile — but God is already preparing rescue through a baby in a tiny ark. Series Thread: God’s rescue does not begin when the powerful notice a problem. It begins quietly, faithfully, and often through overlooked people who resist chaos.
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On the Word of a Woman | Luke 24
May 1700:37:34Tap to summarizeLuke 24 | Early on that first Easter Sunday, the women that followed Jesus were at Jesus' tomb at daybreak to care for the body. But, no body. Where did it go? A couple of angels show up to help, but it turns out they will need more than that!
Transcribe →It Was Enough
May 1000:40:21Tap to summarizeLuke 23 | As the life is leaving Jesus' body, a lot of astonishing things are happening all at once. It was surely disorienting. But, what could it all mean? Today we will walk through Luke's story of Jesus' death.
Transcribe →Paradise | Luke 23
May 300:40:01Tap to summarizeLuke 23 | As Jesus is hanging on a cross, it seems all those around him are all on the same page. Not that everyone is sad or jaded, but that Jesus really is the Messiah, that He would want to rescue himself from that cross. Even one of the criminals dying next to Jesus was on the same page. But that other guy? The one hanging on the other cross? He seems to be the only one who gets it.
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