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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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
Read MoreAt 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
Read MoreA 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
Read MoreWhat 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
Read MoreJesus 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
Read MoreJesus 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
Read MoreThe Cost is Christ’s, the Value is Yours
Sunday July 30, 2023 Text: Matthew 13:44-52 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:44-52
Jesus does not speak about cost but about value. Cost and value are two very different things. A gift may cost you nothing but might still be incredibly valuable. On the other hand, if you are at a sports game and want to buy a beer the cost might be far more than its actual
Read MoreGod’s Word Gives The Increase
Sunday July 16, 2023 Text: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
Many of you are farmers and gardeners. How many of you plant your seeds the way this man does? If I were to ask some of you to come up and speak about how this man might be a better farmer, I’m sure there is a lot you could say. Not least of which would
Read MoreBlessed Is the Man Who Sleeps In Church
Sunday July 9, 2023 Text: Matthew 11:25-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 11:25-30
Earlier this week I had to make some pocket joints. I knew before I even started that I needed a new pocket hole jig and that I didn’t have the right type of screw. But Menard’s is 25 minutes away, and I thought I’ll just make it work with these screws I have rather than
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