New Hope Lutheran Church - Hampton, VA 
We are a small independent Lutheran Church established in 1996. The name New Hope is representative of the new hope of the charter members for the future of all Lutherans in preserving the focus of the Church on the Word of God. If you are in the Hampton / Newport News, Virginia area, please come to worship with us.
Jesus Tells of the Destruction of Jerusalem
We should see the destruction of Jerusalem for what it is—a warning to all who reject the things of God for the doctrines and teachings of this world. We are Christians. We are God’s chosen people and like the city of Jerusalem in our text, we are held to a different standard than those of this world. We are citizens of heaven and God demands that we act like it. More...
A Study of Faith and Works
Jesus spoke first the parable of the lost sheep, then the parable of the woman and the lost coin and finally, Jesus closed His discussion with the Pharisees with the parable of the prodigal son. Then Jesus changes His audience and speaks this parable of the unfaithful servant and He is speaking only to His disciples. What is Jesus trying to teach us? More...
Living in the Spirit
Today’s text has so many lessons for us to learn but we must limit ourselves to one aspect of the truth. Paul says we must live by the Spirit that is within us. Every Christian has the Holy Spirit dwelling within him and it is by listening to the Sprit within us that we should live our lives. More...
Preserving the Truth of God's Word
We must work to preserve the ability to read the words of God in their purity. Luther understood that and that is why the schools were so important to him and to the Church. If we are not reading the Bible in Hebrew we lose much of God’s message. let’s examine some examples. More...
Our Christian Life on Earth
This is the traditional text used by some church bodies to proclaim the doctrine of baptism by immersion, but we need to go beyond that. We can see a physical picture of a person being buried in the water and rising from baptism a new man in Christ, but is that Paul’s complete message?—NO! Paul is using the example of baptism to teach us about the Holy Spirit. More...
Unity of the Church
As we discussed many times in the past, when Christ ascended into heaven He left one Church in this world. He sent only one Holy Spirit to dwell among us and within us. Christ left one Church and we are to remain true to the Word of God until His return. God’s Word will maintain us in the truth until His return—one Church family—brothers and sisters in Christ. More...
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
This is the first in a series of parables Jesus uses to teach the Pharisees and scribes the lesson of why He eats with sinners. First the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Next the Parable of the Woman who lost her coin, The Prodigal Son and ending with the Parable of the Unfaithful Steward. Today we focus on the Parable of the Lost Sheep More...
Featured Sermon: What is a Lutheran?
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the Reformation of the Christian Church. We studied the early Church a few years ago and learned how the Gospel was spread by the persecution of the early Christians. The Reformation caused a similar occurrence when religious persecution in Europe forced Christians to flee to America. Again God used circumstances of persecution to spread His Word. More...