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Repent: Let Go And Cling To Jesus

Sunday March 23, 2025 Text: Luke 13:1-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 13:1-9

In 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana ultimately killing over 1800 people and causing over $125 billion dollars in damage. Some people responded with the attitude: God is punishing New Orleans for their wickedness. Earlier this year wildfires swept across California killing some and doing over $100 billion worth of damage. Once again, some

THE HAND OF THE LORD WHO CASTS OUT DEMONS

Sunday March 16, 2025 Text: Luke 9:37-43; Luke 11:14-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 9:37-43; Luke 11:14-23

In his hymn A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Martin Luther reminds us that 3. Though devils all the world should fill, All eager to devour us. We often underestimate the power and strength of Satan. We don’t really take him seriously.  In our text this morning Jesus compares Satan to a strong man guarding

Jesus Leads Us Through the Wilderness

Sunday March 9, 2025 Text: Luke 4:1-13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 4:1-13

Exodus 20:3  You shall have no other gods before Me Why does God say, “no other gods before me?” That could sound like its ok to have other gods as long as they are ranked less than Yahweh. And yes that is exactly what the Lord is teaching us in this commandment, as long as

Jesus calls You Up The Mountain

Sunday March 2, 2025 Text: Luke 9:28-36 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Transfiguration Passages: Luke 9:28-36

Jesus Appears to His Followers

Wednesday February 26, 2025 Text: Luke 24:36-49 Passages: Luke 24:36-49

An Impossible Love Made Real

Sunday February 23, 2025 Text: Luke 6:27-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:27-38

When I was around 12 or 13 years old, we went for a few days to help weed at a flower farm. I remember spending what I thought was a good long time weeding. I stopped and looked at how much farther I had to go just to finish one row, and after that rows

Emmaus Disciples

Wednesday February 19, 2025 Text: Luke 24:13-35 Passages: Luke 24:13-35

Jesus reveals himself through the scriptures.

You Are Blessed

Sunday February 16, 2025 Text: Luke 6:17-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:17-26

The beatitudes when understood correctly are some of the greatest expressions of God’s gifts and blessings to sinful humans. When understood incorrectly they become weights chained to our souls dragging us down to depression. The key to understanding them correctly is to recognize them as God’s gifts in Christ not as something we earn or

Resurrection

Tuesday February 11, 2025 Text: John 20:1-9; Luke 24:1-12; Mark 16:1-8; Matthew 28:1-10 Passages: John 20:1-9; Luke 24:1-12; Mark 16:1-8; Matthew 28:1-10

Jesus raises from the dead.

Cast Your Nets

Sunday February 9, 2025 Text: Luke 5:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 5:1-11

The first rule of fishing is that you can’t catch anything if your line isn’t in the water. That is why my brother Aaron always brought his fishing pole even when we were supposed to be canoeing. He never caught anything, but he always had the line trailing behind the canoe just in case. Similarly,