Season Lent 
Thy Kingdom Come
Sunday March 13, 2022 Text: Luke 13:31-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 13:31-35
Jesus’ kingdom comes through the cross. We pray that Jesus would oppose all those who block His cross. We pray that Jesus would complete His work within us. We pray that Jesus would gather us to Himself.
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Friend, Why Have You Come?
Wednesday March 9, 2022 Text: Matthew 26:47-50 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:47-50
There is a rather important distinction here in the Greek which is completely lost in the English translation. When Jesus calls Judas “friend” He uses the word, “aetaire.” It doesn’t really mean “friend” its more like that person who sits next to me at work but whom I never speak to and is a little
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Sunday March 6, 2022 Text: Luke 4:1-13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 4:1-13
Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness teaches us what it truly means to pray the sixth petition. God chose to test Jesus in our place. Jesus resisted all temptation without any sin. Therefore when we are tempted it is merely a practice test. Salvation is already ours through Jesus Christ.
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God’s Guide to Godliness
Sunday April 11, 2021 Text: Matthew 19:16-30 Speaker: Drew Naumann Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 19:16-30
I: Get honest about yourself II: Get educated about God III: Get glorified in heaven
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Return To The Cross
Friday April 2, 2021 Text: Hebrews 4:14-16 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday / Lent Passages: Hebrews 4:14-16
What does this mean? “He passed through the heavens?” Perhaps the writer is referring to the fact that Jesus ascended, and thus passed through the heavens. If so, it would be a reference to his glory. Some Christian cults would have you believe that Jesus moved from one part heaven to another, signifying a new
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The Feast of the Lamb: Three In One
Thursday April 1, 2021 Text: Luke 22:14-20 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent / Maundy Thursday Passages: Luke 22:14-20
Some of you looking at the theme of our sermon might think that I have the wrong the celebration. The festival of the trinity is May 30. However, my reference to three in one is not a reference to the trinity but to the Lord Supper. True it is a very different type of three
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Hands of Praise
Sunday March 28, 2021 Text: Mark 11:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 11:1-11
Palm Sunday is largely a day of praise. The King, the messiah, so long waited for has finally come, and now he about to enter the Jerusalem the city of the Kings of Israel. In some way we can probably learn something about how to be excited and joyful and how to praise Jesus from
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Hands of Vindication
Wednesday March 24, 2021 Text: Matthew 27:15-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 27:15-26
In an attempt to absolve himself of the guilt of what he knows full well to be the murder of an innocent man Pilate washes his hands before the crowd of people and claims, “I am innocent.” As far as grand symbolic gestures go this one is terrible. As if washing your hands with water
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Return To The Kingdom
Sunday March 21, 2021 Text: John 18:28-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 18:28-38
“Missed it by that much,” that is what Don Adams as Maxwell Smart from “Get Smart” used to always say. Barely missing something can be a terrifying thing or a frustrating thing. People in severe accidents who come out unscathed sometimes have trouble moving on with their lives as they keep reliving the scene. They
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Hands of Brutality
Wednesday March 17, 2021 Text: Matthew 27:27-31 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 27:27-31
Hands of brutality, we usually just call them bullies, there really is not any other word for them. Already condemned to death the roman soldiers nevertheless feel the need to bully, mock and even physically beat Jesus. They were bullies, professional bullies. That is what the Roman government was for that matter. The roman government
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