Hypocritical Hands

Friday March 12, 2021 Text: Mark 14:55-66 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 14:55-66

Black hat, white hat, Good Guy, Bad Guy, evil, righteous. In lots of movies, it is pretty easy to tell who the bad guy and the good guy are. The good guy looks good, the bad guy looks evil. But there are movies in which the bad guy looks good, metaphorically, and sometimes literally, wears

The Stronger Conquers the Strong

Sunday March 7, 2021 Text: Luke 11:14-28 Speaker: Zachary Sippert Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 11:14-28

The year was 1781 during the month of October. George Washington and his troops were on the verge of victory. British General Charles Cornwallis had just retreated to Yorktown Virgina in order to maintain naval communications. In light of this, George Washington and the American troops took to Yorktown by land and by sea.

Impetuous Hands

Wednesday March 3, 2021 Text: John 18:4-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 18:4-11

Considering the theme of today’s sermon. Many might be wondering if we are going to spend the whole evening speaking about preschool kids. Little kids do have a tendency to be impetuous. Some of them at least like to jump in and start doing things without even thinking about it. I think of the story

Return To Truth

Sunday February 28, 2021 Text: Matthew 26:57-68 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:57-68

The eighth commandment (some call it the ninth the number doesn’t matter) teaches us not to bear false witness. We have the ultimate example of this in our text today. The chief priests paid people to purposely tell lies in court about Jesus so that they would have an excuse to put him to death.

Hands of Betrayal

Friday February 26, 2021 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent

In our sinfulness we so often betray even those we love the most. In our sinful we refuse to forgive those who have betrayed us, even though we can not possibly claim to be any better. But Christ accepted betrayal by the Father and death for the sake of those who had betrayed him. The hands of Judas as well as the betrayal of our own hands are washed clean in the blood of Christ.

Return To Prayer

Sunday February 21, 2021 Text: Matthew 26:36-45 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:36-45

There are some skills we learn as children that we ought to cultivate throughout our life. Unfortunately, we allow many of these skills to fall by the wayside. One such example would be learning to keep a food dairy in high school. It would be good to do a better job keeping track of the

From the Mountain Top

Sunday February 14, 2021 Text: Mark 9:2-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany / Transfiguration Passages: Mark 9:2-9

From the Top of the Mountain Jesus Shows Us - The Valley - The Goal - The Glory

The Security of Being Loved By God

Monday February 8, 2021 Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 Speaker: Michael Schierenbeck Festival: Epiphany Passages: Isaiah 62:1-5

1. We know that He lets nothing get in the way of His plan to love us 2. We know that He rejoices over us as a groom rejoices over his bride

Jesus Creates Preachers

Sunday January 31, 2021 Text: Mark 1:14-20 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Mark 1:14-20

Jesus does not find preachers but rather creates them. Since we are in desperate need of faithful preachers and since it is Christ alone who can give us what we need, we must pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers.

Christ Calls Us To Follow

Sunday January 24, 2021 Text: John 1:43-51 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 1:43-51

The Call – The Cost – The Conclusion

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