Queen Esther’s Banquet :: November 30, 2025
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…
Continue to Message...That Night the King Could Not Sleep :: November 23, 2025
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!…
Continue to Message...What Is Your Request? :: November 16, 2025
Queen 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…
Continue to Message...Who Knows? :: November 9, 2025
What 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…
Continue to Message...Bewildered :: November 2, 2025
I’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…
Continue to Message...Hadassah :: October 26, 2025
“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…
Continue to Message...We are taking a break from our current sermon series to focus on Jesus Christ and his Resurrection. This Resurrection Sunday, we take a look at Titus 3 as we ponder Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection and celebrate John Walter’s baptism.…
Read MoreWe are taking a break from our current sermon series to focus on Jesus Christ and his Resurrection. This Palm Sunday, we take a look at Psalm 41 and the song of the sick king. Blessed are the kind. Betrayed…
Read MoreWhile Pastor Matt is away this week, Allegheny District Superintendent Jeff Powell shares his thoughts on the difference between committed faith and devoted faith. What do you aspire to be in your faith? Consider being devoted to sacrificial love, biblical…
Read MoreWe are learning together about following Jesus by carefully studying His theological biography entitled “The Gospel of Matthew.” Today, Matthew wants to tell us how truly following Jesus means truly trusting Jesus with a seed-sized faith. Pastor Matt preaching…
Read MoreWe are learning together about following Jesus by carefully studying His theological biography entitled “The Gospel of Matthew.” Matthew has just told us that Jesus expects to suffer. That He is going to HAVE TO suffer. He said, “he must go…
Read MoreThe Gospel of Matthew is a theological biography. And the key question of any biography is WHO, right? For the last several months, we’ve said, “In the Gospel of Matthew, you’ve got to keep your eye on the ball. And…
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- Advent Candle #3: “Come, O Promised Star of Jacob” December 4, 2025
- “Queen Esther’s Banquet” [Matt's Messages] November 30, 2025
- Advent Candle #1: “From Our Fears and Sins Release Us” November 30, 2025