The Potter’s Judgment

Jeremiah 18:1-11 New Hope Fellowship September 8, 2019 Brent Beasley I had a hard time deciding whether this text today from Jeremiah is a word of judgment or grace. God led Jeremiah down to the potter’s house. And there the potter was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making was spoiled; it wasn’t … Continue reading The Potter’s Judgment →

Practicing Lent: Being Dust that Lives

This morning a former church member asked me if I could find a favorite sermon of hers that I preached on March 4.... But she didn't know what year. I searched my documents, and this is what I came up with. Ezekiel 37:1-14 Broadway Baptist Church Second Sunday of Lent March 4, 2012 Brent Beasley … Continue reading Practicing Lent: Being Dust that Lives →

The Wonderful and Terrible Call of God

Jeremiah 1:4-10 New Hope Fellowship August 25, 2019 Brent Beasley The first time I felt a distinct and specific sense of calling from God to be a pastor was in the fall of my senior year of college. I was attending church at the church I grew up in, First Baptist Church, Richardson, and at … Continue reading The Wonderful and Terrible Call of God →

Following the Way

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 New Hope Fellowship August 11, 2019 Brent Beasley God calls us to a life. And life is not one thing but a journey. Even though it seems to us like it has always been this way, it was really somewhere in the last two hundred years or so that we began to … Continue reading Following the Way →

Give Me Your Tired

The Statue of Liberty is one of the best loved and most enduring symbols of our country and our highest ideals. As you know, the French wanted to give the United States a memorable gift, an expression of the two nations’ friendship, in honor of our centennial in 1876, but things got a little bogged … Continue reading Give Me Your Tired →

Estate Planning

Luke 12:13-21 New Hope Fellowship August 4, 2019 Brent Beasley On the heels of terrible tragedy in our country yesterday and last night, we are confronted with a parable from Jesus that asks us to consider what we are doing with our lives when we are not promised tomorrow. The great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy … Continue reading Estate Planning →

Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13 New Hope Fellowship July 28, 2019 Brent Beasley Surely you’ve noticed, in reading the Gospels, how often Jesus went off by himself to pray. Over and over again… and he withdrew by himself to pray… and he went up the mountain by himself to pray… and he got up early in the morning … Continue reading Teach Us to Pray →