Jesus is the Foundation
Sunday October 27, 2024 Text: Psalm 118:18-29 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Reformation Passages: Psalm 118:18-29
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Sunday September 8, 2024 Text: Psalm 14:1-7 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Psalm 14:1-7
Genoa Peak is a mountain top that stands on the western border of Nevada. If you climb up to it, you can get two good views. To the west is the verdant valley, which is Lake Tahoe and beyond it California. To the east is the dry parched desert which is most of Nevada. Now
Read MoreThe God Who Sees
Sunday June 16, 2024 Text: Psalm 1:1-6 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Psalm 1:1-6
What does it mean to be blessed? Abraham listened to his wife Sarah and lay with her maid Hagar. When Hagar had a son, she became haughty towards Sarah. Sarah in turn “treated her harshly.” Hagar took her son and fled into the wilderness. This is the result of sin. This is what sin does,
Read MoreThe Beauty of His Holiness
Sunday May 26, 2024 Text: Psalm 29:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Psalm 29:1-11
Psalm 29 – Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. We desire that which is beautiful. We desire to be beautiful, and we desire to have beautiful things. In our Psalm, David reminds us that which is truly beautiful is that which is holy. This holiness is not the pompous holiness of those who
Read MoreExcited For Our Candidate
Thursday May 9, 2024 Text: Psalm 47:5-8 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Ascension Passages: Psalm 47:5-8
There’s not that much excitement this year about the presidential elections. There is a lot of anger, a lot of pessimism, a lot of division but very little excitement. Except in our text. The writer of psalm 47 is a guy who is excited about his candidate. The Lord has ascended with shouts of joy.
Read MoreA Tree To Make Bitter Waters Sweet
Friday March 29, 2024 Text: Psalm 22:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Psalm 22:1-11
At Marah the Israelites found water but they could not drink it because it was bitter. The Lord showed Moses a particular tree. This wasn’t just any tree, but one in particular which God chose. Moses cut it down and when he put it in the water, the water became sweet. Today God has shown
Read MoreA New Year of Forgiveness
Sunday December 31, 2023 Text: Psalm 32:1-2 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: New Year Passages: Psalm 32:1-2
Happy is the man who has a warm coat and hot beverage. Considering the weather outside, such a phrase would not normally surprise you. However, if we were on a Caribbean beach, or if it were the middle of August, such a phrase probably would surprise you very much. If I were to say such
Read MoreFuneral For Mildred Draeger
Saturday March 4, 2023 Text: Psalm 46:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: Psalm 46:1-11
Read MoreA New People
Sunday November 6, 2022 Text: Psalm 149:1-2,5-6 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: All Saints Day Passages: Psalm 149:1-2,5-6
A New Song A New Name A New Life A New Victory
Read MoreA Joyful Expectation of Death
Sunday October 30, 2022 Text: Psalm 46:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Reformation Passages: Psalm 46:1-11
In the day of death Jesus is our mighty fortress.
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