A Real Man Would . . . TEACH

Sunday June 29, 2025 Text: 1 samuel 3:10-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: 1 samuel 3:10-21

Elvis Presly recorded the song, “Hardheaded Woman.” It was written by Claude Demetrius. This song implies that women have been the source troubles for men since creation. It uses the examples of Eve, Delilah and Jezebel. Eve, Delilah and Jezebel all had their problems, but their sins were their sins. Their sins were not an

Funeral of Gary Brown

Sunday June 22, 2025 Text: Revelation 7:9-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Revelation 7:9-17

The Inugguit lived as hunter-gatherers in Greenland’s remote Thule region for centuries. Some say that until they were encountered by Sir John Ross in 1818, they believed that they were the only inhabitants of the world. From <https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/living-with-the-inugguit> Imagine attempting to explain the Caribbean Island to those people. You could tell them it’s like

A Real Man Would . . . Lead

Sunday June 22, 2025 Text: Joshua 15:9-20 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Joshua 15:9-20

Since we are talking about manly men, we have to talk about probably the manliest man of scripture, Samson. Samson is the ultimate example of what we might consider a real man. He was strong. He was a conqueror. He didn’t let anyone push him around. When he felt that people wronged him, he took

A REAL MAN WOULD . . . HUMBLE HIMSELF

Sunday June 15, 2025 Text: Psalm 8:1-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Psalm 8:1-9

I ran across this image this week. Here is a man doing a manly job. There is no way I would do that, and if I tried there is no way I would survive. We often associate being manly with feats of strength or courage, to the point of foolishness. “A real man would run

There Is Still Hope

Sunday June 8, 2025 Text: Genesis 11:1-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Pentecost Passages: Genesis 11:1-9

The account of the building of the tower of Babel takes place about 100 years after the flood. Both Noah and Shem were still living. In fact, Noah was still alive when Abraham was called by God at the age of 75, and Shem lived long enough that he could have seen Isaac and Jacob.

The Lord Has Blessed You

Sunday June 1, 2025 Text: Luke 19:12-27 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Graduation Passages: Luke 19:12-27

As a kid there is nothing better than Christmas morning. You wake up. You eat Christmas bread, and you open your gifts. The only thing more exciting than opening your gifts is using your gifts, getting to play with them. How frustrating it is if you get a gift that you can’t actually use. The

Only Jesus Is Necessary

Thursday May 29, 2025 Text: Luke 24:44-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ascension Passages: Luke 24:44-53

“It was necessary” – Those are words along with other similar phrases that we use way too often. Jesus doesn’t use these words lightly or prodigiously. When Jesus says it was necessary he means it. This is what was necessary for him and for us. When I was a missionary traveling in India and Africa,

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

I happened to run across two interesting facts about Luther this week. The first is that he was apparently an avid bowler and even had a bowling lane built next to his house. The second is that he more than once quit preaching. Luther disgusted with the attitude people would refuse to preach anymore and

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

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