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Author: Pastor Stanford

Four Parables One Kingdom

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen. Matthew 13:44 “‘The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man

Pastor Stanford July 19, 2020August 15, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Parable of Wheat and Tares

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen.   Matthew 13:24 “He presented another parable to them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared

Pastor Stanford July 12, 2020August 15, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Purposes

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen.   Isaiah 55:10 “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return

Pastor Stanford July 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Burden Light

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen.   Matthew 11:25 “At that time Jesus answered and said, ‘I praise Thee, O Father, Lord of

Pastor Stanford June 28, 2020August 15, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Tale of Two Prophets

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  AMEN.   Jeremiah 28:5-17  (5) “Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of

Pastor Stanford June 21, 2020August 15, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Confessing Christ

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen.   Matthew 10:5 “These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: 21 ‘Brother will betray brother to

Pastor Stanford June 14, 2020August 15, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Holy Trinity

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen.   Matthew 28:16  But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. 

Pastor Stanford June 7, 2020August 15, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Breathe, Oh Breath of Life!

A Sermon in the Shadow of COVID-19           The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Ezekiel 37:1-14 {1} “The hand of the LORD was upon

Pastor Stanford March 29, 2020April 3, 2020 Sermons 1 Comment Read more

Hope of the Right Kind

            The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen. Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your

Pastor Stanford March 8, 2020April 3, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more

Baptized Into Our Miserable Life

            The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen. Matthew 4:1 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted

Pastor Stanford March 1, 2020April 3, 2020 Sermons No Comments Read more
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