Jesus Brings Completion

Sunday May 22, 2022 Text: Revelation 21:1-7 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Confirmation Passages: Revelation 21:1-7

For the three of you, today marks an end. It is the end of meeting with me every Wednesday night, the end of sermon summaries, the end of reciting memory work. Today marks the end of one thing but is it complete? There is a difference between an end and a completion. Catechism has ended

Jesus Is Our Palm Tree

Sunday May 15, 2022 Text: Revelation 7:9-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Revelation 7:9-17

Friday after we took Kaylee to her appointments in Madison, Vanessa and I stopped at Yellowstone Lake State Park. We were thinking perhaps we would go camping there for a few days later this summer. It was not a good day to think about camping. I generally like camping but standing out in the heat

A VIEW ABOVE THE CLOUDS

Sunday May 8, 2022 Text: Revelation 5:1-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Revelation 5:1-14

This vision reveals Christ’s ascension from the other side. It is give to those who are weary so that they may be strengthened to continue.

Jesus Reigns With Us

Sunday May 1, 2022 Text: Revelation 1:4-18 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Revelation 1:4-18

Why does the book of Revelations matter? The book of Revelation is one that can be confusing. For example, just in our reading today “the Alpha and the Omega” is that a reference to the Father or to the Son? Or this reference to the seven spirits, what does that mean? Verse, one also tells

It’s Not Over Yet

Sunday April 24, 2022 Text: Luke 24:13-32 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Luke 24:13-32

Easter is not over yet. Jesus still lives. He still seeks the lost. He still walks with us. He still reveals Himself in word and sacrament.

He IS Arisen

Sunday April 17, 2022 Text: Luke 24:1-12 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Luke 24:1-12

He Has Already Arisen He Is Arisen Now He Is Still Arisen

Do You Not Even Fear God?

Friday April 15, 2022 Text: Luke 23:39-41 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Luke 23:39-41

Barasheth Bara Elohym – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He created ALL the heavens, all the vastness of space. Light can travel 186,000 miles in a second. In a year light can travel 5.8 trillion miles. That is a number that is too big even to mean anything. If I

Lord, Is It I?

Thursday April 14, 2022 Text: Matthew 26:20-22 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Maundy Thursday Passages: Matthew 26:20-22

Is it I who betrayed the Lord?

Thy Will Be Done

Sunday April 10, 2022 Text: John 12:20-43 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 12:20-43

The Father’s will is that Jesus die for our sins, that we join Jesus at the cross, and that through His death we are drawn up to heaven.

What Then Shall I Do With Jesus?

Wednesday April 6, 2022 Text: Matthew 27:21-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 27:21-23

Pilate tries so hard to put Jesus aside, to make no decision about him. He tires to let him go. He sends him to Herod. He gives them the choice of Barabbas or Jesus thinking they will surely pick Barabbas. He scourges him. He washes his hands pretending it is not his guilt. Yet no

Speaker Pastor Matthew Ude