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Matthew 8:5-13 kl How many of you enjoy being a dad? Go ahead, raise your hands! Thank you for being honest! And, for those of you who raised your hands, we will have a time of confession after the message. Seriously though, isn’t it great to be a parent?!? There are so many great things about being…

No One Greater V 28 Jesus is praising John the Baptist saying that there is no one greater born than him not Moses Daniel or the rest of the prophets Then Jesus says that the least in the kingdom will be greater the least in the kingdom is greater than the greatest of this world people tend to admire…

In 2021 gift, novelty, and souvenir store sales in the United States amounted to around 19 billion U.S. We’re getting to THAT TIME of year - AGAIN - when gift shopping becomes ever so popular... ALTHOUGH - I think “THAT TIME OF YEAR” is always - WIDENING. QUESTION: In regards to the GIFTS we get our…

Fighting Temptation I have never been the kind of person who likes talking about himself. Especially when it comes to very personal stuff. In fact, when Amy and I first got married, I quickly learned that she didn’t have what most people would call a filter. In casual conversation, she would share way…

29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Bullies, mean people, not being…

God's Power Prevails over Spiritual and Physical Challenges

Pride and Envy I told Janice, after Nate came to work on the car. We had spent thirty minutes doing a task that I thought would take three hours. My son said, “I could’ve done that in my driveway.” Yes, it was quick, and yes he could’ve done it in his driveway. But actually, he couldn’t. Not to brag,…

The Last Will Be First I came across this cute post-Christmas story the other day and thought I should share it with you. One year after Christmas a pastor was cleaning up decorations when he noticed that the baby Jesus was missing from the nativity scene. Just about that time a little boy came walking…

This lesson was develop (heavily) from written and digital materials from Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life"

Revelation 7:9-17 and Psalm 34:1-10 , 22 • 1 John 3:1-3 • Matthew 5:1-12 Sunday 1 November is All Saints Day and 2 November is All Souls Day. And maybe you got bothered by some noisy neighbours. Trick Fishing My trick on the evening before All Saints Day - is to sit on my garage with a spider puppet…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome to church once again. This morning we are finishing our short series in Hebrews 4 , looking at the “Let Us” statements that we find there. Two weeks ago we talked about the special rest that is offered to us through our relationship with Jesus. The author of…

Yes, it is possible and Yes, there is such a thing. One such example would be King Solomon. Turn to and read 1 Kings 11:1-9 . Pray. So, you want to become to a backslidden Christian? Well, you have come to the right place! Tonight, we are going to learn just how easy it is to become a backslidden Christian!…

As we begin to move through the cycles of the judges, we must bear in mind how the author has set things up for us in the prologue. He gave us the pattern of the cycles in chapter two, and as we move into the cycles themselves, we will see that pattern unfold. We must be on guard for attempts to moralize…

I consider myself a sports fan. There are some sports that I enjoy watching more than others. Yesterday I had the joy of watching a few minutes of children learning to play basketball. I could have watched for an hour easily, it was that entertaining. These kids were so focused, trying so hard. They…

Music is part of all of our lives. We are blessed this evening to have some talented musicians to lead us in song. Some of you, I’m sure, have learned an instrument at some point, or sang in a choir. If we were to survey our whole group this evening, we would find that there are some very musically talented…

Luke 5:27-39 Today's passage is interesting on a few different levels. Jesus' teaching was truly polarizing to people. There were many who wanted to get as close to Him as possible to see what He was doing and hear the teaching. You had people who wanted to throw Him off of a cliff and also people who…

Growing up in Iowa I played a lot of basketball. I played on several teams. When I was younger I played basketball at the DesMoines YMCA. Eventually as I grew older I played basketball on my Jr. High and then Sr. High team. One of the things that always stood out to me was that after a while I would…

23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear…

The 4 stages of life: • 1. You believe in Santa Claus • 2. You don't believe in Santa Claus • 3. You dress up as Santa Claus • 4. You look like Santa Claus • So, Christmas is upon us....again. • I think you're all aware of this fact. • Every year, we know it gets bigger and bigger. • Every year, we start…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome. Today in our Gospel Story sermon series we are going to cover the very last part of the gospel of Matthew. Last week we looked at Jesus’ conversation with Thomas when he was doubting the resurrection and to we are going to move on ahead to when the disciples…

Fall of Saul: When the sacrifice of a leader gives way to entitlement of the leader, his tenure is short-lived.

Today is the first Sunday in May - and so we’ll begin today to make our way through our annual May Sermon Series. I use the month of May to walk through various topics - topics I feel are important enough to revisit every year. Topics that we may not even address throughout a year due to preaching through…

Today we begin a new sermon series. We are calling it Suit Up: Tools for Waging Spiritual Warfare. Our text this morning is Ephesians 6:10-17 . The apostle Paul is writing to the church in Ephesus clarifying doctrinal matters and then sharing application of those doctrines in the latter chapters. In…

Today we begin our journey of seeking out God’s redemptive story that unfolds throughout the Old Testament, and culminates in the New Testament with the Christ. I’ve already shared with you the acronyms that we will be applying during our journey of the Old Testament CASKET in CASKET EMPTY C - Creation…

My prayer this morning is that you will figure out how to make some time with Jesus. Find a time and place and learn to get alone with the trinity. That is what we are going to talk about today is getting alone with Jesus. If you have your Bibles, go with me to the book of Luke. I am in chapter 7. We…