Sermons

A Battle of Peace

Tuesday February 27, 2024 Text: John 18:1-11 Speaker: Pastor David Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 18:1-11

Who Is The Christ?

Sunday February 25, 2024 Text: Mark 8:27-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 8:27-38

There was one professor in particular at ILC who always made you show your work. Even if you got the answer right, if you didn’t get there the right way you still got it wrong. Similarly, some teachers want you to explain why on the true or false questions. Its not good enough to mark

The Battle is Not Yours but the Lord’s: A Battle of Repentance

Wednesday February 21, 2024 Text: Luke 18:9-14 Speaker: Pastor Mark Tiefel Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 18:9-14

Our midweek Lenten series this year is all about battles. Battles that the Lord fights for us in our lives and battles that Christ fought when He secured our redemption. Our series is appropriately named after the same confession of David when he declared before Goliath – “The Battle is the Lord’s.” We are reminded

Funeral of Debra Meilahn

Wednesday February 21, 2024 Text: 1 corinthians 13:13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: 1 corinthians 13:13

When the Lord Writes the Test

Sunday February 18, 2024 Text: Mark 1:9-15 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 1:9-15

Back in the early 80s three students wrote the SAT board to point out that there was a mistake on the SAT. The board reviewed the test and realized they were right. They removed that question from the test and adjusted all the scores accordingly. For some people this was a good thing, their score

The Battle is Not Yours But the Lord’s: A Battle of Betrayal

Wednesday February 14, 2024 Text: Matthew 26:21-24 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ash Wednesday Passages: Matthew 26:21-24

Betrayal – it makes for a great movie. There is nothing more suspenseful than a good betrayal. Whenever you hear “this show/movie has it all,” it almost always includes the word betrayal. In real life betrayal destroys relationships and is a seed for serious sins in the lives of both the betrayed and the betrayer.

The View is Always Worth It

Sunday February 11, 2024 Text: Mark 9:2-8 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Mark 9:2-8

I’ve been up and down a lot of mountains in my life, the Appalachians, The Rockies, the Sierra Navada, Cascades, Himalayan, Nilgiris, and others. This last summer we were driving up and down the mountains in Olympic National Park.  It is a lot of work getting up to the top. Even if you are driving

The King Comes Like Rain On Parched Grass

Sunday February 4, 2024 Text: Mark 1:29-39 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Mark 1:29-39

In the gospel of John, Jesus opens his ministry with the miracle of water into wine at the wedding of Cana. The kids and I talked on Tuesday about how this miracle reminds us that Jesus came to bless. This first miracle of Jesus mirrors Genesis chapter two. Just as God freely gave Adam and

He Speaks With Authority

Sunday January 28, 2024 Text: Mark 1:21-28 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Mark 1:21-28

A made the star in the back of church for Advent. It is a simple woodworking project and even as simple as that is the angles are off. The one at the back of the church is much better. This chair, however, shows a far greater proficiency with woodworking. This was made by an India

The Gospel Keeps Going

Sunday January 21, 2024 Text: Mark 1:14-20 Passages: Mark 1:14-20

God’s kingdom is like the energizer bunny, or an avalanche, or that boulder that chases Indianna Jones out of the temple, it just keeps going. God himself describes it that way in Daniel 2:34. He calls the kingdom of God a rock cut without hands. It rolls down and smashes the statue representing the kingdoms