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Such a Great Salvation
Pay attention to Jesus. Pay close, careful, focused, heart-attention to the Son of God. That’s the main point of application in these four verses. Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Hebrews 2:1-4. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the sermon: “Such a Great Salvation”– February 15,…
Read MoreMark 10:13-16
“Let the children come to me.” Elder Abraham Skacel preaching on Mark 10:13-16. You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the sermon: “Mark 10:13-16”– February 8, 2026
Read MoreSuperior To The Angels
Do not fix your eyes on angels. Last time we were together, we opened our new series on the sermonic Letter to the Hebrews with the overarching theme, “Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus.” And that’s also our theme as a church for this year: “Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus.” Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Hebrews 1:5-14. Full manuscript…
Read MoreSnow Day – LEFC Worship at Home Guide
Dear Church Family, Here is a simple 10-step guide to worship that your family could use to glorify the Lord together at home during the snowstorm this weekend. See you next Sunday! – Pastor Matt *** LEFC Home Worship Guide January 25, 2026 1. Welcome to Worship Find a comfortable place to sit and greet…
Read MoreThe Son
“Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus” That’s the name of this new sermon series that we’re starting today on The Letter to the Hebrews, and it’s also the theme of my pastoral vision for Lanse Free Church in 2026. Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Hebrews 1:1-4. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here…
Read MoreGlorious Things
I picked Psalm 87 for this morning because it’s so glorious and so…weird. I picked it because I really have never understood it. No matter how many times I’ve read it. What is this psalm, this song, all about? So, this week, as we’re in between sermon series, I was like, “I don’t know what…
Read MoreOne Thing I Ask
What are you asking the Lord for in 2026? What are you praying for as we set out into a new year? What do you want? Many of us start the year by making some goals. We’re going to lose the weight we put on during Christmas, and we’re going to get “shredded.” We’re going…
Read MoreCome, Lord Jesus
“Come, Lord Jesus!” That’s the very last prayer in the Bible. It’s in the last book of the Bible. It’s on the last page, in the last paragraph, in the second-to-last verse. And we’re studying it on the last Sunday of 2025. “Come, Lord Jesus!” Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Revelation 22:20. Full manuscript available…
Read MoreThe Son of the Most High
This story is the announcement by an angel to that humble young Jewish woman named Mary that the first Christmas was coming, that the Christ was coming, not just someday but now, and not just to her house, but to her very womb. In this story, Mary is going to find out that she is…
Read MoreDays of Feasting and Joy
There once was a wicked man named Haman, and he hated the Jews. He was their enemy. This Haman was a leader in the kingdom of Persia in the fifth century before Christ, and he was very very proud. Narcissistic even. To him, everything was about him. And there was a particular Jew named Mordecai…
Read MoreAnother Decree
Our story is not over yet. The Tale of Queen Esther did not end with the death of the wicked Haman at the tail end of chapter 7. Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Esther 8:1-17. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the sermon: “Another Decree”–…
Read MoreQueen Esther’s Banquet
We have finally reached “Queen Esther’s Banquet.” It’s actually Queen Esther’s Second Banquet, isn’t it? Because she put one on in chapter 5, as well. Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Esther 7:1-10. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the sermon: “Queen Esther’s Banquet”– November 30, 2025
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