New Hope Lutheran Church - Hampton, VA 
If you are in the Hampton / Newport News, Virginia area, please come to worship with us. 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.
14 June 2009: We extend our thanks to Hope Lutheran Church for inviting Pastor Binder to deliver the sermon at our combined worship service this Sunday. We all were inspired by the message and encouraged by the fellowship we all shared.
Sermon 5 July 2009: Jesus Teaches with Parables
Last week we discussed Jesus' parable of the lost sheep and considered the love of Christ as he used a series of parables to teach the Pharisees and the scribes the truth of salvation. Jesus was gathered with sinners and tax collectors and He knew that the Pharisees and scribes were complaining. Jesus presented a string of parables to show these learned men the way to true heaven—the only way to heaven. More...
Sermon 28 June 2009: The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Jesus is teaching this lesson at the beginning of what would become a hostile relationship between Jesus and the Pharisees. The Pharisees were highly educated Jews who were especially knowledgeable of the Old Testament but they tended to be arrogant and looked down at those they considered sinners. They were not patient with those that needed help to understand. They despised Jesus and took every opportunity to publicly attack Him. Jesus does not confront them and antagonize them. He offers them a simple and neutral parable to allow them to see clearly the truth while removing anything confrontational or personal so that they might see and understand the simple truth and most importantly, they might be saved. These particular Pharisees and scribes might be the lost sheep Jesus came to seek. More...
Sermon 21 June 2009: The Invitation to the Great Supper
Consider the lesson of the text. Our Lord’s choice of the invitation to the supper is not by chance. Supper is the evening meal—the last nourishment before going to sleep--the meal before the coming of darkness. In this case of the parable, the supper is the feeding of the Holy Gospel, the last doctrine God gave us and the doctrine that will usher in the end of the world. The supper is free to those who are invited, but the man giving the supper paid a great price for it, the life of His Son. More...
Sermon 14 June 2009: Our Journey of Life
Why did God make us? Why did God place us here today? These questions are now yours to ponder and yours to act upon. Each of us has a purpose. Each of us has gifts from God to do His work and each of us is given opportunities to do God’s work. Some are here to do good works as the fruit of the Holy Spirit and some are here to suffer. But we’re all here for a purpose that will be revealed to you internally. The Holy Spirit will equip you and guide you. More...
Sermon 7 June 2009: Who is God?
The word Trinity is not in the Scriptures, but the concept of God in three persons is quite clear. It is clear in the Old and New Testaments. It is clear in Jesus’ instructions in our text. Everything we know about God is what He reveals to us in His Word. Today we will read selected verses to remind ourselves of what God tells us about Himself and His relationship with man. One of the most telling things about who God is was written by the Apostle John as he wrote his first letter to the Church in 1 John 4:7-8 NKJ: "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love." More...
Sermon 31 May 2009: The Holy Spirit
Pentecost is the day the Church celebrates Jesus’ sending of the Holy
Spirit The Holy Spirit was there at creation, throughout the Old Testament and came upon the virgin Mary to
deliver the Son of God. But that is not what the Pentecost celebration is all
about. Pentecost is all about God giving man the power to defeat the devil
himself. Pentecost is the beginning of the end--salvation and eternal life for
believers and condemnation and eternal death for unbelievers.
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Sermon 24 May 2009: Jesus Ascended into Heaven
Jesus ascended into heaven. He left the Church in the hands of the Apostles who were first-hand witnesses to the things of Christ. they had the Holy Spirit breathed into them by Jesus on resurrection evening. This is where Jesus established the Church in this world. He had completed all things except the sending of the Holy Spirit to all the world as was promised through the Prophet Joel: (Joel 2:28 NKJ) "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh." More...
Sermon 17 May 2009: Being Doers of the Word
There are some who hear the Word of God but do not heed the Word, nor do they obey the things God tells us to do. It is equivalent to looking into a mirror seeing a soiled spot on your face and walking away without doing anything to correct the dirty spot. The sinner that hears the Word recognizes his own sin and walks away without doing anything to correct the sin. That person is an unrepentant and unforgiven sinner. We cannot attend worship, hear the Word and walk out of church to resume living our lives any which way we want. We have a responsibility to live our lives for the Lord. What does that mean? It means that we live our life loving God and loving our neighbor—-living to serve God by serving others who need our help. God gave us Jesus so that we may have salvation. In appreciation for the comfort of knowing that we are citizens of heaven we share what we have with others, including our knowledge of God and His grace and mercy. 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...