St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-06-2019

Posted by on Oct 10, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-06-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-06-2019 Stumbling Along the Way Lamentations 1:1-6, Psalm 137, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:(1-4) 5-10 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen. Our Lectionary assigned Gospel reading would have started verse 5, but that would have left out the part of the story that leads the apostles to say in verse 5, “Lord,...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-29-2019

Posted by on Oct 1, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-29-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-29-2019 The Great Chasm Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16, 1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen Earlier in Luke’s Gospel is the story of a man with a tree that didn’t bear fruit. He told his gardener to cut it down but the gardener asked him to give it one more...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-22-2019

Posted by on Sep 24, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-22-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-22-2019 Pray for What? Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, Psalm 79:1-9, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Luke 16:1-13 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen We pray often; that’s a big part of our faith. Yet every now-and-then, we might wonder if we are praying the right way and for the right things. Prayer is, no doubt, a powerful tool....
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-15-2019

Posted by on Sep 17, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-15-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-15-2019 The Company You Keep Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Psalm 14, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10 May the Words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen ‘A man is known by the company he keeps’. It’s a well known saying, I’ve heard it many times, most often in my youth when my parents weren’t happy with the...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-08-2019

Posted by on Sep 17, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-08-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 09-08-2019 Faith Isaiah 41:8-13, Hebrews 11:1-40, Matthew 17:14-20 Note: in Pastor Ron’s absence this message was developed and delivered by Bryan Ellis; I offer Bryan my gratitude.   So today we are going to talk about Faith.   Not the girl that lives down the street.    Not how the Eagles are going to do this season but for you the most important and powerful...
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