What was displayed January 6, 2021, was a corrupt theology of glory and power. Our lives must be shaped by a theology of the cross. READ MORE
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My Greatest Challenge
Without a doubt, the single greatest leadership challenge in my life is leading myself. Nothing else even comes close. READ MORE
Comments on Ukraine
Let us pray for Ukraine. READ MORE
On Earth as it is in Heaven
Our world is starving for answers to ethnic trauma. There is none better than the church of the bloodied and risen Lamb to address this. READ MORE
Remarks Following the Death of George Floyd
Pastor Matthew shared the following remarks with the New Hope Church community during the time of lament in the worship gathering on Sunday, May 31, 2020, less than a week after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. These past several days I’ve been in Tennessee because, as many of you know by now, my mom READ MORE
My Platform Response to Ahmaud Arbery’s Death
Here are my comments regarding the Ahmaud Arbery shooting and subsequent video, shared from the platform of New Hope Church on May 10, 2020: I have to take just a moment and acknowledge something that has dominated the headlines these recent days, and, if I may say, should have been dominating the headlines these recent READ MORE