God’s End of Days Safety Reminders

Sunday November 24, 2024 Text: Mark 13:1-13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Mark 13:1-13

Go look on the Wisconsin DNR website. On the top of the page in big white letters you’ll find, “It’s Hunting Season.” Click on that and one of the first articles listed is, “Returning Hunters: Brush Up On Your Safety.” This article had four basic safety warnings for hunters. It’s not only hunting season it

How To Win An Argument

Sunday September 22, 2024 Text: Mark 9:30-37 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Mark 9:30-37

How many of you have watched young kids playing sports get confused and accidentally score in the wrong goal? It can be quite amusing. If you get it on video, you can save it for their wedding day. It’s less funny however if the players are adults. If your favorite football or basketball player, did

Jesus Makes Mountains Disappear

Sunday September 15, 2024 Text: Mark 9:14-29 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Mark 9:14-29

This entire miracle is one that speaks to us about faith. In life we meet obstacles. Sometimes these obstacles are small, sometimes they are large, and sometimes they seem large at the time but later we find that they weren’t really that big of deal. These obstacles might sometimes tempt us to just give up.

The Lord Comes To Give Life

Sunday June 30, 2024 Text: Mark 5:21-43 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Mark 5:21-43

Mark 5:21-23 Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. 22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet 23 and begged Him

Jesus Teaches Us How To Take a Nap

Sunday June 23, 2024 Text: Mark 4:35-41 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Mark 4:35-41

Some people can fall asleep anywhere, plane, train, car, church pew. Others have trouble falling asleep even at night in a comfortable bed. In our text today Jesus takes sleeping on the go to a whole new level. He is peacefully sleeping on a boat, in a storm, while waves are crashing over his head.

God’s Mercy Doesn’t Break

Sunday June 9, 2024 Text: Mark 3:20-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Mark 3:20-30

How far can your kids stretch your patience before it breaks? Imagine your child standing there with a plastic bat tapping it against your head, dad, dad, dad, dad . . . How long until you lose patience? Our text today talks about God’s patience. Jesus warns us just how far God’s patience will last.

Visiting the Empty Tomb

Sunday March 31, 2024 Text: Mark 16:1-8 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Mark 16:1-8

Last year I was reading a book and came across a quote that surprised me. It was a quote from a second century Roman general who referred to the Jewish nation and their “tribal god.” It’s not surprising that an ancient roman would view the Lord God in such a way. Yet, it was one

The Offerings of God

Thursday March 28, 2024 Text: Mark 14:12-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Maundy Thursday Passages: Mark 14:12-26

The words of institution to the Lord’s Supper are filled with the sacrificial language of the Old Testament. Words like body, blood, given, shed, poured out, and remission, call to mind the offerings and sacrifices of the Old Testament. Jesus makes it clear that his supper is to be an offering. Not an offering from

Who Is The Christ?

Sunday February 25, 2024 Text: Mark 8:27-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 8:27-38

There was one professor in particular at ILC who always made you show your work. Even if you got the answer right, if you didn’t get there the right way you still got it wrong. Similarly, some teachers want you to explain why on the true or false questions. Its not good enough to mark

When the Lord Writes the Test

Sunday February 18, 2024 Text: Mark 1:9-15 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 1:9-15

Back in the early 80s three students wrote the SAT board to point out that there was a mistake on the SAT. The board reviewed the test and realized they were right. They removed that question from the test and adjusted all the scores accordingly. For some people this was a good thing, their score

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