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(S1) Mary Magdalene the first to experience the resurrection—Outside the empty tomb the risen Christ stood before FULLY ALIVE! Were her tear-soaked eyes playing tricks on her? The first April fool’s? “Teacher,” she calls him, yet we know he was to her so much more; the one who saved her. Jesus the one…

If you were asked to describe our world in one word, would you choose the word “peaceful” ? Probably not. I’m guessing there are a lot of other words that come to mind before peaceful. Your list may include words like chaotic, broken, unstable, frightening, or disintegrating. As a nation, we've lost…

Scripture Intro: Series in the Psalms. Looked at all sorts of psalms. To set the stage for today’s psalm... Psalms 111-113 all begin with the word “Hallelujah” Translated in English as “Praise the Lord” That is also one of the Hebrew words that we have brought over into our usage. “Hallelujah” … a word…

Introduction Next Sunday we’re going to celebrate Easter. Of course we know that the reason celebrate is because there was a man by the name of Jesus of Nazareth, who had laid in the tomb, for three days, yet rose again to new life and give us the victory over death! Now I am excited about Easter, but…

Text For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine,…

Since we all are beneficiaries of God's grace, secondary issues must not divide us.

Jesus foretells short-term pain, but promises ultimate gain.

I Each spring in our backyard, our camellia blooms. I have no green thumb and don’t ask me to name other plants in our yard but this one is special. If you can’t picture a camellia, ours is in the back left corner of your yard as you look out our sliding glass door. It stands out with it’s rich deep…

Last Easter we did not meet. COVID scare had us in lockdown. So much has changed in a year. Some things for the better but it sure seems to me that hopelessness has increased too. I hear from so many people who have let fear grip them. So many people who become chronically depressed, anxious, and hopeless.…

Introduction Good morning to all of you and I pray that you are making the best of this situation we are all under stay at home order. Today Palm Sunday and the beginning of Passion week; where we look at the last week of the life of Jesus. At Christmas we celebrated Advent…the coming of Jesus Christ.…

The Resurrection Guarantees Life both now and into Eternity.

Introduction We’ve been talking about “Who’s Your One?” Today I’d like to pivot with a look toward Easter morning. Since this is Palm Sunday, most churches will look at the Triumphal Entry. Of Jesus coming to Jerusalem to begin the last week of His life before He was crucified. However, did you know…

Last week, Resurrection Morning, we looked at Matthew’s account of Jesus’ resurrection. We read about the empty tomb. The women who were the first of Jesus’ followers to see the tomb. Their meeting the Risen Jesus, grabbing His resurrected feet. We read about the women worshipping the Risen Savior. It’s…

Last week, we began our 3 week study on a critical topic… the topic of the… Resurrection. Chapter 15 deals intensely with this really important subject. Why is the resurrection so important? Resurrection is the power of the Gospel message. Without Christ’s resurrection, there is no salvation. Without…

Introduction It has been a crazy week... It was an emotional week for the Disciples and for Jesus... Jesus started the week by entering Jerusalem and was welcomed as a King... He went to the temple and cleaned house of money changers and He has given, on Tuesday He looked across the city and wept. Wednesday…

The recipients of God's salvation are those hwo come to Him humbly, recognizing their unworthiness and need of Him.

Since the beginning of this year. We have looked at the book of Matthew. We began with the genealogy of Jesus and these next two weeks we are looking at the ending of the life that Jesus spent here on earth. Next Sunday is Easter and we will look at the Resurrection and what Jesus said to us as He was…

A couple weeks I mentioned that I had purchased a 2500 square foot net... to help me catch all the leaves that fall in my yard every year…** In that process of finishing up getting the leaves in my front yard out to the curb... Trey decided that he would help me... And so he went into the garage and…

A couple weeks I mentioned that I had purchased a 2500 square foot net... to help me catch all the leaves that fall in my yard every year…** In that process of finishing up getting the leaves in my front yard out to the curb... Trey decided that he would help me... And so he went into the garage and…

As we move through the Easter season, this Sunday is the first step into a different direction as we build up to the festival of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit who would come to dwell in the disciples and all who believe. In our Gospel text today from John 16:5-15 , we see Jesus preparing…

The Christ person/event changes both present obstacles adn eternal destinations.

As we open chapter 11 we remember that Jesus for the 3rd time has told His disciples what awaits Him in Jerusalem... 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began…

1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was…

I think if you were to put a theme on last week’s sermon, it would be this: The Enemy We Face And what we found out was that - in this world - our TRUE enemy is - NOT of flesh and blood. We saw that our TRUE enemy is - the Spiritual Forces of Evil looking to destroy us - eternally Our TRUE enemy - seeks…

Today is Psalm Sunday. It is the day historically, that the church remembers and celebrates what we call the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ. In the triumphal entry account, Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a colt. Large crowds of Jews followed his entry and spread their cloaks before Jesus or cut palm…