Posts Tagged ‘Stand-Alone Messages’

We are taking a break from our current sermon series this week to chew on a proverb. A proverb is a special kind of biblical writing. It isn’t like other kinds of writing in the Bible. It’s not like an epistle. It’s not like Law or History or a Psalm or a Gospel. A proverb is…

Our Youth are back from the EFCA Challenge conference and took some time to share the lessons learned through this biannual event. Be encouraged by this message. Listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the report: Bold Moves – EFCA Challenge Report – 15 July 2018

We take a break from our current sermon series to celebrate twenty years together. This week marks the completion of Pastor Matt’s twentieth year of service here at Lanse Evangelical Free Church. Be encouraged by this message Pastor Matt preaching on Philiipians 1:3-6. Full manuscript available at Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here or…

We’re going to take a one-week break from our study of the Gospel of Matthew because today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Today we ponder the Scriptures] the meaning of this phrase, “created in the image of God.” What is the Imago Dei? And what does it mean for our lives? Listen to today’s…

Baptism is a public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ, a statement to the world that the one being baptized believes in Jesus and has been saved from their sins by Jesus and what Jesus did for them on the Cross. And they are now publicly identifying themselves as a follower of Jesus. This is…

We are going to take a brief break from Romans for the next three weeks and then come back to it at the end of the month. This week, we focus on Psalm 119:71. Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm in your Bible and it celebrates the relationship between the Psalmist and God. Today we…

The Proverbs are jam-packed with wisdom for skillfully living in this world. Proverbs basically divides people up into two categories, the wise and the foolish. There are other fine ways to slice it, but those two categories carry a lot of weight in the Proverbs. This particular Proverb talks about answering a fool: When and…

Peter’s message to the Jewish Christians living in exile in Asia Minor at the end of the first century is exactly what we need to hear in the last quarter of 2014. Pastor Matt urges us to heed Peter’s message and apply it to our lives today. Don’t fit in, Don’t give in, and Do…

Last week, 3 adults and 7 teens headed off to the EFCA’s Challenge Conference. On Sunday, they shared a bit about the conference. This link will stream an audio of the report: Challenge Conference Report   The video mentioned at the end of the report is here: Pastor Matt then spoke briefly on the overall…