Jesus Leads Us Through the Wilderness
Sunday March 9, 2025 Text: Luke 4:1-13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 4:1-13
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Sunday March 2, 2025 Text: Luke 9:28-36 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Transfiguration Passages: Luke 9:28-36
Read MoreJesus Appears to His Followers
Wednesday February 26, 2025 Text: Luke 24:36-49 Passages: Luke 24:36-49
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Sunday February 23, 2025 Text: Luke 6:27-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:27-38
When I was around 12 or 13 years old, we went for a few days to help weed at a flower farm. I remember spending what I thought was a good long time weeding. I stopped and looked at how much farther I had to go just to finish one row, and after that rows
Read MoreEmmaus Disciples
Wednesday February 19, 2025 Text: Luke 24:13-35 Passages: Luke 24:13-35
Jesus reveals himself through the scriptures.
Read MoreYou Are Blessed
Sunday February 16, 2025 Text: Luke 6:17-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:17-26
The beatitudes when understood correctly are some of the greatest expressions of God’s gifts and blessings to sinful humans. When understood incorrectly they become weights chained to our souls dragging us down to depression. The key to understanding them correctly is to recognize them as God’s gifts in Christ not as something we earn or
Read MoreResurrection
Tuesday February 11, 2025 Text: John 20:1-9; Luke 24:1-12; Mark 16:1-8; Matthew 28:1-10 Passages: John 20:1-9; Luke 24:1-12; Mark 16:1-8; Matthew 28:1-10
Jesus raises from the dead.
Read MoreCast Your Nets
Sunday February 9, 2025 Text: Luke 5:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 5:1-11
The first rule of fishing is that you can’t catch anything if your line isn’t in the water. That is why my brother Aaron always brought his fishing pole even when we were supposed to be canoeing. He never caught anything, but he always had the line trailing behind the canoe just in case. Similarly,
Read MoreLord’s Supper
Monday February 3, 2025 Text: Luke 22:1-23 Passages: Luke 22:1-23
Before his death Jesus gives us the Lord’s Supper. It is a fulfillment of the passover. It is a reminder of his death. It is a looking forward to the feast of the Lamb. It is a recieving and a participation with his death.
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Sunday February 2, 2025 Text: Luke 4:16-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 4:16-30
In Australia this last week 14 people were convicted of manslaughter. These people stood around a young diabetic girl, praying for days as she slowly died. They had the insulin she needed but didn’t give it to her because they wanted to see a miracle. They thought they were proving their faith, but faith in
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