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The Hand of the Lord Who Creates and Saves

Wednesday March 12, 2025 Text: Matthew 14:22-33 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 14:22-33

There was an article online this week about a fight between a daughter and her stepmother. Apparently, the stepmother was trying to get rid of a bunch of stuff that belonged to the daughters’ deceased mother. Those things were valuable to the daughter, she reached out to save them when the stepmom wanted to destroy

THE HAND OF THE LORD WHO FREELY GIVES

Wednesday March 5, 2025 Text: Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ash Wednesday Passages: Matthew 6:1-6,16-21

“Please, Sir, I want some more” In Charles Dickens famous novel Oliver Twist, Oliver approaches the master with an empty bowl and a request for more food. The master “gazed in stupefied astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds and then clung for support to the copper. The assistants were paralyzed with wonder; the

Jesus Was Baptized for Our Righteousness

Sunday January 19, 2025 Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 3:13-17

Our sinful nature is such that we often take God’s wonderful blessings and turn them into a commandment. God’s intention is to give us a blessing. We, however, respond with an attitude of, “Do I have to?” This is something that happens often with Genesis 9:1. Here the word of God says that he blessed

God Leads Us To Bethlehem

Sunday January 12, 2025 Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 2:1-12

Who are these men from the east? We often refer to them as wisemen or as the three kings, but the truth is they were neither. They were gentiles. They were probably astrologers and practitioners of other occult superstitions. Most importantly they were people whom God in grace and through his word lead out of

Shall We Blame God Or Give Glory To God?

Sunday July 14, 2024 Text: Matthew 13:18-23 Speaker: Pastor John Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:18-23

We’re living in what has been called a post-Christian culture with hardened hearts openly attacking God in a thousand ways. We’re living in an evil, sin frustrated, universe that scorches the hearts of others. We’re living in the midst of a vast thistle patch, richly fertilized with the moral manure of people doing what is

A Battle of One

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

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

The Battle is Not Yours But the Lord’s: A Battle of Betrayal

Wednesday February 14, 2024 Text: Matthew 26:21-24 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ash Wednesday Passages: Matthew 26:21-24

Betrayal – it makes for a great movie. There is nothing more suspenseful than a good betrayal. Whenever you hear “this show/movie has it all,” it almost always includes the word betrayal. In real life betrayal destroys relationships and is a seed for serious sins in the lives of both the betrayed and the betrayer.

The Point of Peace

Wednesday December 6, 2023 Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Advent Passages: Matthew 2:1-12

You need two lines to make a point of a star. Each line by itself would continue forever. Here at the point of a star the two lines come together. We need earthly things to live. We need food and clothing. We need money and friends and family. We need to know that people care