An Excellent Congregation

Dear New Hope, I’m sure there are a fair number of churches in our country where the pastor tolerates the people, and the people tolerate the pastor. By God’s grace, New Hope is not one of those! What a remarkable congregation you are! We regularly witness...
Rim 2 Rim: A Dad & Daughter Journey in the Grand Canyon

Rim 2 Rim: A Dad & Daughter Journey in the Grand Canyon

“Dad, you really need to slow down.” That’s what my daughter told me Monday night as I was driving a Nissan Versa on the freeway from Flagstaff to Phoenix, with a Dominos pizza box open on my lap. But, she wasn’t telling me to slow down my driving (trust me, the...

When Caesar Acts as Lord

Dear New Hope, There is no doubt that in Jesus’ day, Rome held supreme authority in the known world and Caesar acted as supreme “lord”. Even on their coins (as we saw last Sunday in Mark 12) Caesar Tiberius was known as both “High Priest” and “Son of the Divine God”....