Run to the Battle: Shamgar, Deborah, Barak, & Jael – 24 June, 2012
Listen as Pastor Matt introduces us to 4 of the best judges we’ll encounter. When God tells us to run to the battle, do we wholeheartedly obey, like Shamgar and Deborah? Or hesitate, like Barak? Pastor Matt Mitchell, preaching on…
Continue to Message...No Matter What – 17 June, 2012
This week, Pastor Matt takes a brief aside from our series on Judges to talk about Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego. They defy the command from the king to serve another god because of their faith and knowledge of who the…
Continue to Message...Ehud – 10 June, 2012
Continuing the series, “Downward Spiral: The Message of Judges,” Pastor Matt teaches about Ehud, the left-handed judge. Whether his left-handedness was considered a physical handicap or was an intentional misdirection, God uses it to save his people from yet another…
Continue to Message...Israel’s Downward Spiral – 3 June, 2012
Pastor Matt Mitchell Judges 2:6-3:11 Sermon #2 in the series, “Downward Spiral: The Book of Judges” Full manuscript available at Pastor Matt’s blog. > Click on the link below to download the audio file: Israel's Downward Spiral – 3 June,…
Continue to Message...Guest Speaker Jeff Powell – 27 May 2012
EFCA Allegheny District Superintendent Jeff Powell. Click on the link below to download the audio file: Guest Speaker Jeff Powell
Continue to Message...Unfinished Business – 20 May, 2012
Pastor Matt Mitchell. Sermon #1 in the series, “Downward Spiral: The Book of Judges” Full manuscript available at Pastor Matt’s blog. Click on the link below to download the audio file: Unfinished Business
Continue to Message...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…
Read MoreTiming is everything. In so many areas of life, so much comes down to timing. What happened when. How fast something unfolded. What came first. What came last. What happened at just the right time…or at just the wrong time!…
Read MoreQueen Esther is about to do the bravest thing she has ever done. Queen Esther is about to embark on what might be, for her, a suicide mission. She is going to take her life into her own hands and…
Read MoreWhat was troubling Mordecai? By verse 5 of chapter 4, Queen Esther wants to know. But we already know what is troubling Mordecai: The genocide of the Jews has been placed on the calendar. Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Esther 4:1-17. Full…
Read MoreI’ll be right up front with you. This chapter ends on a cliffhanger. You know, one of those moments where the hero of the story and their friends are in danger, hanging from a cliff, and you don’t know what’s…
Read More“Where Is God?” That’s the title of our new series on this unique book of the Bible called, “Esther.” “Where is God?” That’s a question that we have all asked from time to time, and we have all felt in…
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