Jesus Walks Through The Storm

Sunday August 20, 2023 Text: Matthew 14:22-33 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 14:22-33

When the children of Israel were trapped between the Egyptian army and the red sea God delivered them by removing the obstacle that stood in their way, namely the red sea. The sea was parted, and the people walked through. When obstacles large or small stand in our way, we often wish that God would

Jesus Has Compassion

Sunday August 6, 2023 Text: Matthew 14:13-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 14:13-21

The account of the feeding of the five thousand is one most of us are familiar with. Thinking back on this account, what part do you remember best? What stands out the most. For a lot of people, the focus of this miracle is that “they all ate and were full.” This is what the

The Cost is Christ’s, the Value is Yours

Sunday July 30, 2023 Text: Matthew 13:44-52 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:44-52

Jesus does not speak about cost but about value. Cost and value are two very different things. A gift may cost you nothing but might still be incredibly valuable. On the other hand, if you are at a sports game and want to buy a beer the cost might be far more than its actual

God’s Word Gives The Increase

Sunday July 16, 2023 Text: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

Many of you are farmers and gardeners. How many of you plant your seeds the way this man does? If I were to ask some of you to come up and speak about how this man might be a better farmer, I’m sure there is a lot you could say. Not least of which would

Blessed Is the Man Who Sleeps In Church

Sunday July 9, 2023 Text: Matthew 11:25-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 11:25-30

Earlier this week I had to make some pocket joints. I knew before I even started that I needed a new pocket hole jig and that I didn’t have the right type of screw. But Menard’s is 25 minutes away, and I thought I’ll just make it work with these screws I have rather than

Christ Has Cut Us Off

Sunday July 2, 2023 Text: Matthew 10:34-42 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 10:34-42

Would you be able to cut off a limb if it was necessary to save your life? You hear stories occasionally, about hikers with an arm or leg stuck in a crevice or caught under a boulder. To save their own life, they cut the limb off. Similarly, a hundred years ago before modern medicine

Passion of Christ

Tuesday April 25, 2023 Text: Matthew 27:11-66 Passages: Matthew 27:11-66

Jesus, the lamb of God that carries the sin of the world, dies for sinners like me.

Workers In The Vineyard

Wednesday April 12, 2023 Text: Matthew 20:1-16 Passages: Matthew 20:1-16

This is a parable which teaches us to be on guard against work righteousness, and cling only to God’s grace and promises through Christ Jesus. He has promised us an inheritance in heaven, that is more than enough for us. We laborer because we want others to share in that inheritance, not because we want

Welcome to the Empty Tomb

Saturday April 8, 2023 Text: Matthew 28:2 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Matthew 28:2

The angels roll back the tomb and they sit there. Who are they waiting for? In the gospels it is the women who come first to the tomb. They see the empty tomb and hear the angels, but the tomb is empty, and the angels are sitting there. Anyone could come to hear and see.

What Goes In

Thursday April 6, 2023 Text: Matthew 26:17-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Maundy Thursday Passages: Matthew 26:17-30

Everyday without realizing it we breath in the sin of this world. Here we receive that which is pure.

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