Galatians Chapter 2:11-21 : Convictions and Confrontations. Through the lens of a parable about otters and beavers, we learn how to handle convictions and deal with confrontations in life.  Contact Pastor Smart from our Church webs...

Galatians Chapter 2:1-10 : United We Stand! There are times when your reputation may be attacked. Do you defend yourself or let it go? Take a lesson from the Apostle Paul on making that call. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church we...

Galatians Chapter 1:10-24 : Communication With Conviction. Conviction in life has to be like a tree, with good roots, branches and fruit. Only such conviction over the Good News of Jesus can keep a believer healthy. Contact Pastor Smart...

Galatians Chapter 1:1-9: A Spiritual Pandemic. How healthy is the church? Here is a spiritual health check where we deal with a virus of false teaching creating a medical emergency, called by a medical examination before being sent off for lab ...

Romans Chapter 11:17-36 : Uniting Humanity. Here we see what keeps people apart in life, like arrogance, and the unique power of Christ to draw the most unlikely people together.  Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website o...

Romans Chapter 11:1-16: The Journey to the New World. When God makes promises he keeps them. Maybe you doubt that at times. But in these verses, we see that one of his biggest promises was made to the Jewish people and that God is still keeping...

Romans Chapter 10:14-21 : Heaven's FedEx. Here we look at how God communicates with us today, by thinking of the package delivered, the delivery man, the address, and potential issues with the delivery and what is in the package. C...

Romans Chapter 10:1-13 : Driving on Route 666. What direction is your life going? Where are you headed? We look at the fuel we put in our tank, the danger of pollutants, the destination we are heading towards, and what the ride will be like.&nb...

Romans Chapter 9:14-33: Questioning God. Can God be trusted? Does he keep his word? Does God make the right choices every time? Here God speaks for himself.  Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.  ...

Romans Chapter 9:1-13. Can God be trusted to do what he says? many may question if he can but in this section of the letter to the Romans the Apostle Paul gives a definitive yes to that question. Contact Pastor Smart from our Churc...

Romans Chapter 8:35-39 : The Battlefield of Love.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.      hope4tampa.com/smartalk      smartalk@ho...

Romans Chapter 8:31-34 : Who is Against You?  When you follow Christ Victory and trial all wrapped up in the same moment. We see here who is committed to us, who could condemn us and who could charge us.  Contact Pastor Smart ...

Romans Chapter 8:29-30 : Embraced by Love. We see the plan that God has to bless his children has been around for a very long time, from eternity! Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.    &nbs...

Romans Chapter 8:28 : Opening The Doors of Hope. This is one of the most famous and well-loved verses in the Bible. It acts like a compass and map to direct the steps of the pilgrim through all of life's ups and downs.  Contac...

Romans Chapter 8:26-27 Part 2: The Cry of The Heart. Praying is hard, but learn about the Holy Spirit and prayer. He is the greatest prayer partner you will ever find. We look at the spiritual vocabulary, resources, and power that God gives us ...

Romans Chapter 8:26-27 : You're Not in it Alone! Prayer is not easy and here we learn how the Holy Spirit helps us to overcome our weaknesses. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.      hope4t...

Romans Chapter 8:18-25 : Tasting Hope. Without hope is it really possible to live? Here we see what hope looks like how it works.  Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.      hope4tampa.co...

Romans Chapter 8:14-17: Going Home. Deep inside each one of us is a longing for a place we can call home. Christianity sees that longing as so powerful that no place on earth can satisfy it. Instead, the Spirit of Christ stands ready to wo...

Romans Chapter 8:5-13 : Choices in Life. Which direction will our lives flow in and if you feel it's going in the wrong direction, how do you change track? It comes down to what mind set you have and who is in the driving seat.  Co...

Romans Chapter 8:1-4 : A spirit of condemnation can burden anyone. But here we see how Christ opens up to us a way of life with the living God. Religious practice cannot remove this condemnation from us, but what they fail to achieve Christ has...

Romans Chapter 7:13-25 : When You Are Torn in Two. Have you ever felt torn in two between the desire to do something that you know isn't right and your conscience? Here we learn how to walk the road to peace and freedom through the power of Chr...

Romans Chapter 7:1-12 : Two Weddings and a Funeral. How does a Christian relate to the Law of God? How do we escape a deep sense of condemnation in life? The two questions are joined together in this passage and help us to see the freedom Chris...

Romans Chapter 6:15-23: A Different Kind of Freedom. Everybody searches for experiences where they feel free, often in extreme sports. But what happens if you live in a wheelchair?  The freedom Jesus Christ can bring us is so deep that he ...

Romans Chapter 6:1-14 : The Dynamics of Spiritual Transformation. At the heart of Christianity is the idea of transformation. But this is not something that you can gain separate from God himself. We don't snatch a ticket to heaven from Christ'...

Romans Chapter 5:12-21 : Raised to Reign. We might feel it's unfair that the Bible teaches us that all have sinned in Adam. But the flip side of this is that anyone can be raised up to a newness of life by being in Christ. Contact Pasto...