Scripture: Matthew

Courage and Trust

Courage and Trust

He’s fulfilling particular roles as he goes. He’s teaching, he’s preaching, and he’s healing. It’s like he’s on his own little tour, so to speak. Now, when I think of these roles or offices, they’re fairly common to us. When we think of Jesus teaching, healing, and preaching, this is Jesus at his…
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Don’t Miss This Meeting

Don’t Miss This Meeting

Recording in progress. Perfect, doesn’t get much better than this. So this morning we’ll be reading from the Old Testament, Psalm 8, on your page 435 in your pew Bible. I’m reading from a slightly different Bible so my words might not match yours. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name…
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Showing Us the Ugly Way?

Showing Us the Ugly Way?

Recording in progress Thank you all for bearing with these technological difficulties that we’ve had this morning Technology is great when it works Our New Testament lesson comes from Matthew’s gospel Matthew chapter 4 verses 1 through 11 here the word of our Lord Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to…
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When We Might not Feel it, We are Micah

When We Might not Feel it, We are Micah

The sermons on the mount, it’s pretty deep stuff. It’s not the kind of thing that you can’t sit and read and not have move in you. Blessed are the, blessed are. It all begins in an interesting way. Jesus sees the crowds gathering, starting to listen, starting to follow.…
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More than just a Baptism

More than just a Baptism

John the Baptist’s moment has now come. His big moment. Now, up to this point, we’ve seen this steady building of who and what John is. Up to this moment, we’ve seen how he’s dressed with that weird belt around his waist, that cloth of animal hair he wears. We’ve…
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Living in the Time of Herod

Living in the Time of Herod

Isaiah the 63rd chapter. I’ll be reading the scriptures from the New International Version. I will tell of the kindness of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us. Yes, the many good things God has done for…
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A Love Which Should be Common

A Love Which Should be Common

Good morning, this morning’s Old Testament reading is from Isaiah 7, verses 10-16 on page 552 in your pew bible. Isaiah gives to Ahaz the sign of Immanuel. Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz saying, ask a sign of the Lord your God, let it be deep as shoal or…
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