Glorious Things :: January 11, 2026
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,…
Continue to Message...One Thing I Ask :: January 4, 2026
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…
Continue to Message...Come, Lord Jesus :: December 28, 2025
“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…
Continue to Message...The Son of the Most High :: December 21, 2025
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…
Continue to Message...Days of Feasting and Joy :: December 14, 2025
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…
Continue to Message...Another Decree :: December 7, 2025
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…
Continue to Message...Last week, Paul gave us a great big “THEREFORE” that tied the first 11 chapters together. We said that the next 4 chapters were going to be full of great asks. Picking up in verse 3, we focus on how…
Read MoreToday, we are turning a major corner in our sermon series that we’re calling “All Roads Lead to Romans.” Chapter 12 is the beginning of the last major section of the letter. And it’s very connected to the first eleven…
Read MoreFor the past several weeks, we have been focusing on Paul’s response to a situation that was troubling him. We have closely examined the answers Paul has given. That God did not promise that every Israelite would inherit the promises…
Read MoreOn this Resurrection Sunday, we pause in Romans 10 to look a bit closer at two verses from last week’s text. These 2 verses use a literary device to show how important the relationship is between certain concepts and ideas.There…
Read MoreWe are more than half way through Romans and are continuing our series, All Roads Lead to Romans. Paul is troubled with a problem he sees within Israel. We covered the first answer to the problem. This week, we look…
Read MoreMoving on in our series, All Roads Lead to Romans, we see that Paul has a dramatic change of tone as we enter into chapter 9. You see, Paul is troubled by something, tortured by something. He’s got a big…
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- “Glorious Things” [Matt's Messages] January 11, 2026
- “One Thing I Ask” [Matt's Messages] January 4, 2026
- Highlights from Reading in 2025 January 1, 2026