Jesus Lives and Reigns

Sunday May 25, 2025 Text: 1 corinthians 15:20-28 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: 1 corinthians 15:20-28

The Three Lives of Faith

Sunday May 18, 2025 Text: Habakkuk 2:4 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Confirmation Passages: Habakkuk 2:4

All our confirmands this morning love running. One is an avid cross-country runner. Two love basketball, and the third loves to run after her pigs. In our text this morning the prophet reminds us how we can run swiftly the race that is set before us. The key is not strength but faith. Habakkuk 2:2,4

A Shepherd to Hold Your Hand

Sunday May 11, 2025 Text: John 10:22-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 10:22-30

If a child is starving on the streets and one day you give them one loaf of bread, he is often truly grateful. If you give a child plenty of bread every day of their life, they may take it for granted and believe that they deserve it. We have a tendency to take for

Without the Resurrection

Sunday May 4, 2025 Text: 1 corinthians 15:12-20 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: 1 corinthians 15:12-20

When I was vicaring for Pastor Jim Sandeen out in Denver Colorado, he took me camping up near Estes Park. Mrs Sandeen went for a walk while us men were going to get the fire going. Jim and I spent 45 minutes huffing and puffing and getting nowhere with that fire. Mrs Sandeen came back

The Eternal Gospel

Sunday April 27, 2025 Text: 1 corinthians 15:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: 1 corinthians 15:1-11

The Resurrection which was and is and is coming The Gospel of Jesus Christ, which proclaims his death and resurrection is something which no matter how often we hear it we need to be constantly reminded of it. I think I have mentioned before that my daughter Kaylee has the habit of looking down while

The Hand of the Lord Who Is Risen

Saturday April 19, 2025 Text: Psalm 16:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Psalm 16:1-11

Throughout our Lenten series we have heard of all the marvelous things the hand of the Lord has done. We might well be jealous of those who were present at these miraculous events, those who got to see them and receive the benefits of his power. Today David reminds us that the same hand which

The Hand of the Lord Who Was Pierced

Friday April 18, 2025 Text: Isaiah 52:13-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Isaiah 52:13-53

What have you done with your hands today? Have you used them to serve others or to serve yourself? Have you raised them in the praise of the Lord or lowered them into sin? Throughout our Lenten series we have discussed the hand of the Lord who did many things. His hands give, create, heal,

The Hand of the Lord Who Serves

Wednesday April 16, 2025 Text: John 13:1-17,31-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Maundy Thursday Passages: John 13:1-17,31-35

If you trip or about to be hit by a bus, what do you do with your hands? The natural reaction is to throw them up to protect your face, or to stop what is coming. Jesus knows what is about to happen, but he doesn’t throw up his hands to protect himself. He doesn’t

The Power of the King Comes

Sunday April 13, 2025 Text: John 12:12-19 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Palm Sunday Passages: John 12:12-19

A few weeks ago I saw a YouTube video where some professionals reset the epigenome in the eye of an old blind mouse. The result was that the eye grew young again and was able to see again. Think how the world would rejoice if they were able to do this not just for an

THE HAND OF THE LORD WHO HOLDS ALL THINGS

Wednesday April 9, 2025 Text: John 3:11-18,22-36 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 3:11-18,22-36

Reports suggest that in NYC only 1 out of every 10 pedestrian crosswalk buttons actually work. The city has little incentive to fix them either. They do a good job of giving people the illusion of control even if they don’t work. What about that close door button in an elevator? Does that actually do

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