Jesus Brings Renewal

Wednesday September 15, 2021 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude

Last week we read from James chapter two. In that chapter James talks about not playing favorites. He talks about if a rich man in nice robes and a poor man in rags comes into the church the it would be wrong to give the rich man the attention and the best seat etc. Now

Only God’s Word Can Give More

Monday August 30, 2021 Text: Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-9

Why go to a Christian school? Why spend our time and money supporting a Christian school? Why strive for this goal? What is it that get from the school after all that time and money? Some will certainly say, you have the church for religion and the public school for learning math and language, why

Stop Kinking the Hose

Monday August 23, 2021 Text: Mark 7:1-13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Mark 7:1-13

Water fights would always end the same way when I was kid. They would start with water balloons or water guns, and they would end with one person holding the hose and everyone else trying to get it away from them. Often we would try to get behind the person with the hose and kink

Jesus Only Has the Words of Life

Thursday August 19, 2021 Text: John 6:51-69 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: John 6:51-69

Things that are hard: The fundamental theorem of calculus is hard for a lot of people to understand. It describes the relationship between differentiation and integration. There is a rock known as Jacob’s pillow in Becket, Massachusetts. It is not the actual rock that Jacob slept on but it would be hard to sleep on.

The Wonder Bread From Heaven

Thursday August 12, 2021 Text: John 6:24-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: John 6:24-35

Some twisty things are good, like rope and twizzlers others are not so good. In our text everything that Jesus says the Jews attempt to twist it back to earthly things. Every time the Jews try to twist it back to the earthly, Jesus attempts to call them on to the heavenly. Jesus wants us

God Plants Us In Christ’s Love

Monday July 26, 2021 Text: Ephesians 3:14-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Ephesians 3:14-21

I’ve read somewhere that Europeans tourists to the United States often make the same mistake. They often make the mistake of thinking they can come over here and see all of America in a couple weeks or a month. They fail to really comprehend how vast America is. They are used to nations that are

God Comes Down To Us

Tuesday July 20, 2021 Text: Genesis 28:10-19 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Genesis 28:10-19

If we aren’t listening carefully, it is easy to misunderstand expectations. A wife might remark that we are low on bread and butter but have plenty of eggs, and the husband comes home with eggs and beer. In our text this morning Jacob certainly is not listening and does misunderstand God’s intention. “I will go

Jesus Does the Impossible

Sunday July 11, 2021 Text: Psalm 98:1 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Psalm 98:1

We are impressed when people do the impossible not the mundane. It is not that impressive when an adult rides a bike. It is impressive if he were to ride it along a tight rope stretched between the top of two skyscrapers. That would be something to see. The things that God has done for

Jesus Causes Us To Stand

Tuesday July 6, 2021 Text: Ezekiel 2:1-5 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Ezekiel 2:1-5

It is enough that we can stand before God in His forgiveness. It is enough that our nation stands by His grace. It is enough that we know that His word is preached.

Laughing With God

Thursday July 1, 2021 Text: Genesis 18:1-15 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Genesis 18:1-15

Sarah Laughed At God We are privileged to live in a nation in which we have the right of free speech. We can ridicule and make fun of our leaders. There are not many times in history when this was true. We are privileged to laugh at those in power without getting our heads chopped

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