God’s Promises Are Worth More Than A Blank Check

Sunday September 28, 2025 Text: Luke 16:19-31 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Luke 16:19-31

What Would You Do for a Thousand Dollars?If I offered you $1,000, what would you do? Cluck like a chicken? Sing a solo on Sunday? What if it was $1 million? Money exerts a powerful influence over us—more than we often admit. It stirs our sinful desires, as James reminds us: James 4:3 — “You

His Care Sets Us Free From Gold; His Grace Sets Us Free From Sin

Sunday September 21, 2025 Text: Luke 16:1-15 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Luke 16:1-15

A 2023 Ramsey Solutions study of 10,000 millionaires found that the top professions were Engineer, Accountant (CPA), Teacher, Management, and Attorney. It might be surprising that doctors didn’t appear on that list, but teachers did. This suggests that success isn’t solely about how much you make. It’s about how responsible you are with what you

Jesus Sees Me as a Sheep to be Saved

Saturday September 13, 2025 Text: Luke 15:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Luke 15:1-10

Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” We are all lost sheep. Jesus has come to save us all. On the surface, this parable seems straightforward. The tax collectors and sinners

Jesus Is The Narrow Way

Saturday August 23, 2025 Text: Luke 13:22-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Luke 13:22-30

At the New Delhi train station in India, there is a massive sign pointing in the right direction to the foreign tourist office. My brother Nate and I were standing there, looking at this sign when a local approached us and asked if we were looking for the tourist office. “Yes, we are,” we responded.

SHARPER THINGS

Saturday August 16, 2025 Text: Luke 12:49-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Luke 12:49-53

This is a knife. It is supposed to be sharp; if it isn’t sharp, it can’t do its job. This is God’s Word. It, too, is meant to be sharp, but we often attempt to dull it down. Jesus says in our text that He came to start a fire. He is speaking about His

Jesus Removes Our Fear

Saturday August 9, 2025 Text: Luke 12:22-33 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Luke 12:22-33

Here’s a scenario many of us have likely experienced. My wife came home the other night, walked through the front door, and immediately started talking to me while I was watching TV. She wanted to share her day, to be heard. But I was caught up in the game, distracted and tempted to tune her

Jesus is the Treasure

Saturday July 12, 2025 Text: Luke 10:25-37 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Luke 10:25-37

Treasure Island, although published in 1883, is still one of the world’s most beloved children’s books. It has been adapted into at least 41 various films and TV shows worldwide, including a Muppets movie and a wishbone episode. It is a tale of adventure and romance that has captive kids and adults for nearly 150

The Lord Has Blessed You

Sunday June 1, 2025 Text: Luke 19:12-27 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Graduation Passages: Luke 19:12-27

As a kid there is nothing better than Christmas morning. You wake up. You eat Christmas bread, and you open your gifts. The only thing more exciting than opening your gifts is using your gifts, getting to play with them. How frustrating it is if you get a gift that you can’t actually use. The

Only Jesus Is Necessary

Thursday May 29, 2025 Text: Luke 24:44-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ascension Passages: Luke 24:44-53

“It was necessary” – Those are words along with other similar phrases that we use way too often. Jesus doesn’t use these words lightly or prodigiously. When Jesus says it was necessary he means it. This is what was necessary for him and for us. When I was a missionary traveling in India and Africa,

The Hand of the Lord Who Raises the Dead

Wednesday April 2, 2025 Text: Luke 7:11-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 7:11-17

Last week we heard how Jesus touched a leper and not only healed him but also cleansed him. Normally if one touches an unclean leper, that person would become unclean himself. Not so with Jesus. He touches the leper and the leper becomes clean. Today that same hand meets death itself. In such encounters it

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