Sermons

Behold! The Lamb of God

Sunday March 24, 2024 Text: John 1:29 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Palm Sunday Passages: John 1:29

It always takes me a while to pick out a Christmas tree. I want to find the perfect one. You may know how it goes. One is too high, one too short, another too thin, too fat, crooked, or lopsided. When you think you have found the prefect one you walk around and on the

A Battle of One

Tuesday March 19, 2024 Text: Matthew 26:31-35 Speaker: Pastor Mark Tiefel Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:31-35

God is gracious, compassionate and full of goodness!

Saturday March 16, 2024 Text: Exodus 33:12-23 Speaker: Paul Agenten Festival: Lent Passages: Exodus 33:12-23

Introduction: Leading up to our text today, something very prominent and shocking from Bible History had just taken place. The people of Israel had gotten disgruntled and impatient with the fact that Moses had not yet come down from the Mountain. (He was up on Mt. Sinai receiving the 10 Commandments from God) Just one

A Battle of Will

Wednesday March 13, 2024 Speaker: Terrel Kesterson Festival: Lent

What We Are In Christ

Sunday March 10, 2024 Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Ephesians 2:1-10

Imagine driving through the Arizona desert. On your way through the desert, you see a pile of dry bones. Imagine someone in the car stepped out and started preaching to the dry bones. What would you think? You would probably think him a complete nut. This is exactly what God told Ezekiel the prophet to

A Battle of Silence

Wednesday March 6, 2024 Text: Matthew 27:11-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 27:11-14

The Battle to Accept God’s Will

Sunday March 3, 2024 Text: Matthew 26:37-39 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:37-39

The Battle Is Difficult There are seven petitions in the Lord’s prayer, seven things that we ask for. Which of these is the hardest to pray? The fifth can be difficult. We ask that we learn to be as forgiving to others as God is to us. When we are filled with anger and resentment

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