Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 20, 2023
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 20, 2023 Matthew 15:21-28 The Church God Wants: A Church for All People! 21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.” 23Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out…
Pentecost 11 August 13, 2023
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 13, 2023 Matthew 14:22-33 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Overcomes Doubt with Faith! 22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because…
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 6, 2023
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 6, 2023 Matthew 14:13-21 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Trusts God to Provide! 13When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and…
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 30, 2023
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 30, 2023 Matthew 13:44-52 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Recognizes the Value of God’s Kingdom! 44“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46When he found one of great value, he went…
Eighty Sunday after Pentecost July 23, 2023
Sermon Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Recognizes the Reality of Life! 24Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. 27“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your…
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 16, 2923
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Sows the Seed of God’s Word! 1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the…
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost July 9, 2023
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 9, 2023 Matthew 11:25-30 His Holy Ministry— Is Our Source of Rest! 25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. 27“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the…
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost July 9, 2023
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 9, 2023 Matthew 11:25-30 His Holy Ministry— Is Our Source of Rest! 25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. 27“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the…
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Fourth of July July 2, 2023
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost/ Fourth of July July 2, 2023 Matthew 10:34-42 His Holy Ministry— Leads Us to Love God Above All! 34“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— 36a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37“Anyone…
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 25, 2023
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 25, 2023 2 Timothy 4:1-8 His Holy Ministry Proclaims the Word— Even in the Face of Opposition! 1In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3For the time will come when men…