Jesus Removes Our Fear
Saturday August 9, 2025 Text: Luke 12:22-33 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Luke 12:22-33
Here’s a scenario many of us have likely experienced. My wife came home the other night, walked through the front door, and immediately started talking to me while I was watching TV. She wanted to share her day, to be heard. But I was caught up in the game, distracted and tempted to tune her
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Saturday August 2, 2025 Text: Colossians 3:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Colossians 3:1-11
Carl Sagan was once asked by a student, “If there is no God, then where does that leave us?” Carl Sagan answered, “On our own. Which to my mind is much more responsible than hoping that someone will save us from ourselves so that we don’t have to make our best effort to do it
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Saturday July 26, 2025 Text: Psalm 11:1-7 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Psalm 11:1-7
Fundamentalists are stupid. That was the basic meaning of an article that popped up online last week. It didn’t come right out and say that. It referenced a study that supposedly used MRI scans to prove that fundamentalists don’t make as much use of a certain part of their brain that relates to critical thinking.
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Saturday July 19, 2025 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude
Jesus Calls Us to Listen Isaiah 43:1 “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. How do you describe 30 kids running around the gym, dancing, singing, acting out bible stories? Some might use adjectives like exuberant, joyful, or fun. Others might say noisy, or chaotic.
Read MoreJesus is the Treasure
Saturday July 12, 2025 Text: Luke 10:25-37 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Luke 10:25-37
Treasure Island, although published in 1883, is still one of the world’s most beloved children’s books. It has been adapted into at least 41 various films and TV shows worldwide, including a Muppets movie and a wishbone episode. It is a tale of adventure and romance that has captive kids and adults for nearly 150
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Saturday July 5, 2025 Text: Matthew 9:9-13 Speaker: Luke Bernthal Passages: Matthew 9:9-13
I think we all know the importance and blessing of having a friend. Have you been particularly blessed during your life to have someone that you would consider your “best friend”? Someone you can always count on to “be there.” Someone whose friendship was unconditional. Someone who always made your day better. Someone you just really liked being around. If you’ve
Read MoreA 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
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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
Read MoreA 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
Read MoreA 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
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