Sermons 
Into the Dead World Jesus Sends the Living Spirit
Monday June 5, 2017 Text: John 7:37-39 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Pentecost
Into the Dead World Jesus Sends the Living Spirit The feast of tabernacles was a feast the commemorated the wanderings in the wilderness. The water from the rock is the water of life which is Christ The Ceremony of the Outpouring was to be a Symbol of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit The Feast of Tents was also a symbol of the Word of God going out from Jerusalem to the heathen
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Jesus Himself is Present—He Really is!
Sunday May 28, 2017 Text: Joshua 5:10-15 Speaker: Pastor Stefan Sonnenfeld Festival: Pentecost Passages: Joshua 5:10-15
Jesus Himself is Present—He Really is! He hand-feeds you blessings He hands you the victory
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Grow In His Word With The Holy Spirit
Sunday May 21, 2017 Text: John 14:15-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Confirmation Passages: John 14:15-21
Those who love the Lord will delight to learn more about Him and grow in His word. This word teaches us many things that we must accept by faith because we can not see them. This faith is based on that which has been seen, namely the mighty works of God especially the resurrection of Jesus. Although these things are beyond our understanding we have the promise of the Helper who will guide our hearts and minds.
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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Sunday May 14, 2017 Text: John 14:1-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 14:1-14
It’s still the Easter season but we are moving from the wonderful news of Easter morning – to the sad good bye of Ascension Day – Our texts are also then moving for this wonderful joyful news “He is risen” to the more sobering “HE is leaving” Surely it must have been a roller coaster
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The Shepherd’s Voice Gives Life
Sunday May 7, 2017 Text: John 10:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 10:1-10
The Shepherd’s Voice Gives Life
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The Word of God Opens the Heart
Sunday April 30, 2017 Text: Luke 24:13-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
Why does Jesus say that “blessed is he who does not see but believes” One of the things I didn’t get a chance to talk about last week was the final thing Jesus said to Thomas, “Because you have seen you have believed, blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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The Risen Lord Sends Us to Announce Forgiveness
Sunday April 23, 2017 Text: John 20:19-31 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
So here it is the Sunday after Easter, and you’ve probably eaten all the candy. For Vanessa and I we didn’t have any candy, but we had so many leftovers we didn’t have to cook all week. The leftovers are gone now, so we have to start cooking again. But what is the bigger
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Jesus Prepares All Things that We May Have Life
Sunday April 16, 2017 Text: John 11:17-27,38-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter
This text is all about preparation. The Lord brings the Jewish leaders to the final decision to crucify him. The Lord prepares the crowds for Palm Sunday. Most importantly the Lord prepares his disciples for death and life. He prepares them for His coming death and resurrection with a threefold lesson about faith. 1. The Glory of God is found in the cross. 2. Faith will wait on the word of God. 3. The end result of the faith that waits is life.
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This Is The Payment for Our Sins
Friday April 14, 2017 Text: John 19:17-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday
This is the payment for OUR SIN This is the PAYMENT for our sin We are going to keep it short today because there is only one thing we need to know and think about, Jesus died for our sins. I think it was about a week ago. I was tired. I was about
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What is a Sacrament?
Thursday April 13, 2017 Text: Matthew 26:17-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Maundy Thursday
Technically a sacrament has five parts; Sacred Act Instituted by Christ Uses Earthly elements Connected with God’s word Gives Spiritual Blessings More informally we could say, any act the Lord commands and through which he promises blessings. Jesus has given to us two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. In an informal sense the
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