Living Hope

Living Hope Lutheran is a church in Chattanooga, TN seeking to center the listener on the living hope for everyday life we have in Jesus. Hope forever in Jesus brings hope for every day in life.

Living Hope is a religion podcast hosted by Eric Melso, with 418 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Eric Melso hosts Living Hope, a religion show with 418 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  Living Hope

  Lay Claim to the Name

  Sep 20, 202628 min

  Exodus 34:5-9 Who is God? And what can we expect from him when we have failed him? At Sinai, God revealed his own name and character: he is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, overflowing with love and faithfulness, yet also perfectly just. For sinners, that combination can seem impossible to reconcile. But at the cross, God’s perfect love and perfect justice meet. In Jesus, God proves that he will always live up to his name. So, like Moses, we can boldly lay claim to the name of the Lord, trusting him to go with us, forgive us, and make us his own.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Living Hope

  Be Strong and Courageous

  Sep 13, 202622 min

  Has someone ever asked you to do something that sounds easier than it is? Have you thought, "It's one thing to say 'cheer up' or 'try harder' but it's another thing to actually do that"? The world we live in can be a scary and uncertain place. Because of this, God tells his people that they need to be strong and courageous. That can sound like a tall order, especially when you think about just how scary and uncertain the world can be. But, in this case, being strong and courageous actually is as easy as it sounds. In Joshua 1, God promises to give you all of the strenght and courage you will need.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Living Hope

  An Intervention Worth Having

  Sep 6, 202630 min

  Galatians 2:11-16 Nobody likes confrontation. We’d rather keep the peace, avoid awkward conversations, and let things slide. But sometimes love means stepping in. In Galatians 2, Paul confronts Peter because something bigger than hurt feelings was at stake: the gospel itself. Salvation isn’t Jesus plus our performance. It’s Christ alone, received by faith. That truth is worth defending, and people we love are worth fighting for. And the greatest intervention wasn’t one Paul had with Peter. It was the one God had for us. When we were headed down a path we couldn’t escape, God stepped in through Jesus. God intervened to save us.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Living Hope

  We'll Take the Scraps

  Aug 16, 202628 min

  Matthew 15:21-28 What do you do when you feel like you’re on the outside looking in? Maybe you’ve wondered whether you’ve failed too much, wandered too far, or simply don’t deserve a place at God’s table. In Matthew 15, a Canaanite woman comes to Jesus with nothing to offer except a desperate faith that clings to his mercy. She is willing to take even the scraps. But Jesus gives her far more. And Jesus does the same for us. When our sin and failures leave us feeling like outsiders, Christ doesn’t leave us begging beneath the table. He brings us all the way in, not because we deserve a seat, but because his grace is greater than our failures. And we now get to be a church that shares that grace with all.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Living Hope

  What Is a Vicar?

  Aug 9, 202617 min

  Matthew 9:35-38 Here’s another truth that will still be true until the end of time: The harvest of souls is plentiful but the workers are few. Today we get the privilege of installing a vicar here at Living Hope, an answer to prayer for more workers in the field. We have the additional privilege of having Pastor Nathan Strutz here to share the sermon with us today. Pastor Strutz was Pastor Eric’s supervising pastor when he was a vicar. Pastor Strutz will be sharing with us what a vicar is and the work of proclaiming the gospel that he’ll get to join us with here in Chattanooga.

  ListenShow Notes

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.