Speaker Pastor Matthew Ude 
Render!
Sunday October 22, 2023 Text: Matthew 22:15-22 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 22:15-22
The Jews hated Rome and because they hated Rome they despised the tax-collectors who served Rome. Throughout the Gospels we see evidence of this hatred in passages like Matthew 9:10.Matthew 9:10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with
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God At Work In Your Life
Sunday October 15, 2023 Text: Philippians 2:12-16 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Philippians 2:12-16
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; Vanessa and I were in a bit of a bind this week. Both cars ended up in the shop. However, Lillo’s were kind enough
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Christ is the Foundation of our Life
Sunday October 8, 2023 Text: Matthew 21:33-46 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 21:33-46
Matthew 21:33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. You are God’s vineyard. This parable begins with a detailed description of God’s love
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Clutching the Light
Sunday October 1, 2023 Text: Philippians 2:1-4 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Philippians 2:1-4
2 Corinthians 4:6 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Because Christ is our light, therefore our text reminds us to always be mindful
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Jesus Turns the World Around
Sunday September 24, 2023 Text: Matthew 20:1-16 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 20:1-16
November 23, 2001, the day after thanksgiving. I was home from college trying to sleep in when my mother woke me up at 7am. She wanted me to go to Best Buy to get a TV that was on sale. I tried to tell her that by the time I got there they would all
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At School with Christ: Learning to Stack
Sunday September 10, 2023 Text: Matthew 18:1-6 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 18:1-6
After Jonah was swallowed by a sea creature and spit back out. After Jonah preached to the city of Nineveh. He went and sat on a hill watching the city of Nineveh. He was sitting there hoping the city would get what it deserved. As he sat there God caused a tree to grow up
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A Vision of Death For Life
Sunday September 3, 2023 Text: Matthew 16:21-28 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 16:21-28
Last week we heard Peters confession “you are the Christ.” We saw how through this confession Peter became one who was built on the rock that is Christ. We all also with Abraham, Job, David, Peter and many others become children of God through this same confession. Having become children of God through faith, Jesus
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What Is the Church?
Saturday August 26, 2023 Text: Matthew 16:13-20 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 16:13-20
“On this rock I will build my church.” The meaning of this passage is one that has been in contention for over 500 years since the beginning of the Lutheran church. The Catholics have always insisted that “this rock” refers to Peter and that therefore Christ’s church is those who follow the one they consider
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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
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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
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