The God of Heaven :: January 26, 2025
Daniel chapter 2 is about “The God of Heaven.” I know that’s kind of obvious, and yet it’s also quite easy to miss. It’s easy to think that Daniel chapter 2 is about Daniel. And it is, and we need…
Continue to Message...The King’s Service :: January 19, 2025
Daniel is a daunting book to preach. It’s a unique book. There’s nothing quite like it. It’s classified among the Prophets in our English Bibles, but it’s in the “Writings” like the Wisdom literature in Hebrew Bibles. It’s got history…
Continue to Message...To My Dear Friend Gaius :: January 12, 2025
The “Old Man” wrote another letter. Last week, we said that the author of 2 John and 3 John–who I believe is also the author of 1 John and the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation– refers himself as “The Elder.” Pastor…
Continue to Message...To the Chosen Lady and Her Children :: January 5, 2025
A few years ago, we studied 1 John together, but we have never studied 2 and or 3 John during my time as your pastor. So I thought it was high time we did that at the beginning of this year. This…
Continue to Message...The Bright Morning Star – December 29, 2024
Our first message in this series went almost back to the very beginning of the Bible, the Law of Moses, Numbers chapter 24. Our second message was drawn from the highpoint middle of the Bible, the Gospel accounts. Matthew chapter 2. This…
Continue to Message...We Saw His Star – December 22, 2024
Last Sunday, we started a very short sermon series called “The Bright Star of Bethlehem.” We turned way back to the Book of Numbers and studied that enigmatic prophecy, where under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the pagan prophet Balaam…
Continue to Message...Timing 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…
Read MoreYou might be wondering why we are tackling the tale of Esther today. That’s a good question, and there are a lot of reasons why I thought this was the right next book for us as a church. Pastor…
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