Hope Alliance Nazareth

Pastor Jim Entwistle

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A sermon podcast of Hope Alliance Church

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Equipped to Grow

In this message from Ephesians 4:7–16, Pastor Jim explains how Jesus, the victorious and ascended King, gives gifts to his people so that the church can grow into maturity. After defeating the powers of sin and death through his life, death, and resurrection, Jim shows how Christ now distributes grace to the church through leaders who proclaim and clarify the gospel, equipping believers for works of service. The goal is not spectatorship but participation as every follower of Jesus grows beyond spiritual infancy and begins to serve as part of the body of Christ. Jim challenges listeners to move beyond gathering information about faith and instead allow the gospel to shape identity, produce transformation, and lead to active ministry in everyday life. As the church builds one another up in truth and love, believers grow toward unity, deeper knowledge of Jesus, and the fullness of maturity that reflects Christ to the world.

35 min
MAR 1

Live Worthy

In this message from Ephesians 4:1–6, Pastor Jim calls the church to walk in a manner worthy of the calling we have received. After three chapters of celebrating our new identity in Christ as one family, Jim shows that unity is not something we manufacture but something the Spirit has already created and we are called to preserve. With humility, gentleness, patience, and a commitment to bear with one another in love, we reflect the oneness of one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all. Jim challenges the cultural currents of division, outrage, and self-advancement that shape us throughout the week and invites us to root our identity fully in Christ instead. Because Jesus humbled himself, gave up his seat at the table, and welcomed us into God’s household, we are now empowered to extend that same grace to one another. The church becomes a living masterpiece when we eagerly work to preserve our God-given unity, displaying the wisdom of God to a watching world.

40 min
FEB 22

Strengthened to Grasp

In this message from Ephesians 3:14-21, Pastor Jim walks through Paul’s breathtaking prayer that drives him to his knees. After unfolding the cosmic scope of God’s plan to unite all things in Christ and form one new people, Jim shows that the only way forward is through the Spirit’s power at work in our inner being. This passage centers on God’s love, our ongoing grasp of that love, and the glorious goal of being filled with the fullness of God. Jim unpacks what it means for Christ to dwell in our hearts, not as a fleeting feeling but as the deep center of our identity, shaping our affections, obedience, and communal life together. The love of Christ is wider, longer, higher, and deeper than we can comprehend, yet we are invited to press on and seize it daily. As we are strengthened by the Spirit and rooted in love, we become a living display of God’s glory in the church, a foretaste of the day when all things are united in Jesus.

36 min
FEB 15

Revealing God's Wisdom

In this message from Ephesians 3:1–13, Pastor Jim explores Paul’s surprising digression about imprisonment, his call, and the breathtaking purpose of the church. What looks small and ordinary on the surface is actually cosmic in significance. Jim shows how Paul understood himself as a steward entrusted with the key to God’s household, revealing that Jews and Gentiles now belong together as one new family in Christ. Through the church, God’s multi-faceted wisdom is put on display not only to the world but to the spiritual powers themselves. This passage reminds us that our ordinary faithfulness, unity, forgiveness, and love carry eternal weight. The church is not the goal but the preview of what God is building, a foretaste of the coming kingdom where every tribe and language will gather around Jesus. Even suffering becomes part of the story as we live out worship, obedience, and proclamation in a world that resists reconciliation.

34 min
FEB 8

New Family, Living Temple

Pastor Jim unpacks Ephesians 2:11-22 to show how Jesus is not only our peace but the one who has destroyed every dividing wall. What once separated Jew and Gentile, near and far, is now reconciled through the cross. Jim reminds us that salvation is not just about forgiveness but about forming a new family, a new humanity, where God’s Spirit dwells. The church is not a religious club or a place for behavior management. It is God’s living temple on earth. In Christ, our identities are made secure, hostility is put to death, and unity is possible not through human effort but by the presence of God himself living among his people.

38 min
FEB 1

Saved to be God’s Masterpiece

In this message on Ephesians 2:1–10, Pastor Jim urges us to grasp the depth of what it means to be rescued by grace. We are not simply saved from something but brought into something entirely new. Jim describes the contrast between our spiritual death and the new life found in Christ, inviting us to see salvation not as a ticket to heaven but as a radical relocation into God’s household. Through vivid imagery and honest reflection, Jim unpacks the beauty of God’s mercy, our position in Christ, and the truth that we are God’s workmanship created for good works. The church, as God’s new family, becomes a sign of new creation in a world desperate for hope, healing, and wholeness.

36 min
JAN 11

Paul Prays for More

Pastor Jim challenges the church to move beyond the basics of faith and embrace the deeper transformation that comes from truly knowing God in Christ. Paul’s prayer for the believers in Ephesus is not just one of gratitude; it is a plea for them to see the unimaginable hope, inheritance, and power that are theirs in Jesus. Jim invites us to hunger for more than spiritual comfort food and instead pursue the richness of being a Messiah-shaped people, united as God’s family and empowered to live as agents of new creation in a broken world. When we grasp the risen Christ as King over all, our understanding of church shifts from routine to mission, from individual salvation to communal transformation.

37 min
JAN 4

In Christ: A People for God's Glory

Pastor Jim walks through Ephesians 1 to show that salvation is not just about rescuing individuals but about forming a new family under Christ. Drawing from Paul’s rich language of adoption, blessing, and spiritual inheritance, Jim reminds us that God has intentionally chosen and pursued us in love, not just to save us from sin but to bring us into a people united in Christ. Rather than approaching Ephesians as a theological puzzle to solve, Jim encourages listeners to soak in the beauty of God’s heart, the depth of our spiritual blessings, and the ultimate purpose of uniting all things in Jesus to the praise of God’s glory. This message challenges believers to lift their eyes beyond individual spirituality and embrace the Church as God’s heaven-meets-earth family on mission.

39 min

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8 Ratings

Excellent Biblical teaching

02/16/2019

MGinion

I am really enjoying the easy access to Pastor Jim’s messages via podcast. He is an excellent Bible teacher and humbly shares from his heart.

A sermon podcast of Hope Alliance Church

Creator

Pastor Jim Entwistle
Years Active

2018 - 2026
Episodes

366
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