Pastor John's Sermons
New Testament: The Gospel of Matthew
Sermons by Pastor Rev. John C. Stennfeld
(as of June 15, 2025 Sermons)
The Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 1
The Daze of Christmas (Text: Matthew 1 & 2; Luke 1 & 2)
12252018 - Christmas Day, December 25, 2018
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What's in a Name?
Jesus (Text: Matthew 1:18-21)
12182011 - Sunday, December 18, 2011
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What's in a Name?
Immanuel - God is with Us (Text: Matthew 1:18-23)
12242011 - Christmas Eve, December 24, 2011
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"The ABC's of Christmas" (Text: Matthew 1:18-25)
12222019 - Sunday, December 22, 2019
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"Where are You Christmas?" (Text: Matthew 1:18-25)
12252019 - Christmas Day, December 25, 2019
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Jesus our Immanuel (Text: Matthew 1:8-25)
12262021 - Christmas Day Observed, Sunday, December 26, 2021
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Surviving Christmas (Text: Matthew 1:21)
12242020 - Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020
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Matthew 2
The Daze of Christmas (Text: Matthew 1 & 2; Luke 1 & 2)
12252018 - Christmas Day, December 25, 2018
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Disturbing News (Text: Matthew 2:1-3)
01052014 - Sunday, January 5, 2014
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Were the Wise Men Christian? (Text: Matthew 2:1-12)
01112015 - Sunday, December 11, 2015
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Is Jesus 'The One'? (Text: Matthew 2:1-12)
01072018 - Sunday, January 7, 2018
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Jesus - A Man of Sorrows
Hunted by Herod (Text: Matthew 2:1-18)
03092011 - Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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"Guess Who Coming to Dinner" (Text: Matthew 2:1-12)
01092022 - Sunday, January 9, 2022
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“Giving God Gifts" (Text: Matthew 2:1-12)
10082023 - Sunday, October 8, 2023
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“The Birth of a King” (Text: Matthew 2:1-12)
01072024 - Sunday, January 7, 2024
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Is Christmas Over? (Text: Matthew 2:13-23)
12292013 - Sunday, December 29, 2013
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"Highly Favored" (Text: Matthew 2:13-23)
12292019 - Sunday, December 29, 2019
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Matthew 3
"Preparing One's Heart, or One's Home?" (Matthew 3:1-12)
12082019 - Sunday, December 8, 2019
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The Epiphany of Baptism (Text: Matthew 3:13-17)
01092011 - Sunday, January 9, 2011
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Pray for the Fish (Text: Matthew 3:13-17)
01122014 - Sunday, January 12, 2014
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The Meritocracy of Life (Text: Matthew 3:13-17)
01082017 - Sunday, January 8, 2017
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"Membership has its Privileges” (Text: Matthew 3:16-17)
01122020 - Sunday, January 12, 2020
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Matthew 4
Living Up to Expectations (Text: Matthew 4:12-25)
01262014 - Sunday, January 26, 2014
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Following the Leader (Text: Matthew 4:12-22)
01232011 - Sunday, January 23, 2011
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Turn, Turn, Turn (Text: Matthew 4:17)
01222017 - Sunday, January 22, 2017
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"'Followers' of Jesus" (Text: Matthew 4:18-22)
01262020 - Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Matthew 5
The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon I - Dangerous Discipleship (Text: Matthew 5:3-12)
06052016 - Sunday, June 5, 2016
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A Bunch of No-Good Do-Gooders (Text: Matthew 5:13-16)
02062011 - Sunday, February 6, 2011
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"Acceptable Fasting” (Text: Isaiah 58:39a and Matthew 5:13-16)
02052023 - Sunday, February 5, 2023
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Going for God (Text: Matthew 5:14-16 & Isaiah 6:8)
05252013 - Sunday, May 25, 2013
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon II - Dangerous Illumination (Text: Matthew 5:14-16)
06122016 - Sunday, June 12, 2016
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Out-Righteousing the Pharisees (Text: Matthew 5:17-20)
02092014 - Sunday, February 9, 2014
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon Ill - Dangerous Requirement (Text: Matthew 5:20)
06262016 - Sunday, June 26, 2016
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon IV - Dangerous Reconciliation (Text: Matthew 5:21-26)
07032016 - Sunday, July 3, 2016
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Sermon 1: Do Not Be Angry with Your Brother (Text: Matthew 5:21-24)
03052025 - Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Love Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry (Text: Matthew 5:23-24)
02122017 - Sunday, February 12, 2017
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon V - Dangerous Vision (Text: Matthew 5:27-30)
07102016 - Sunday, July 10, 2016
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Lent 2: “Do Not Lust” (Text: Matthew 5:27-28)
03122015 - Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon VI - Dangerous Marriage Vows (Text: Matthew 5:31-32)
07242016 - Sunday, July 24, 2016
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon VII - Dangerous Integrity (Text: Matthew 5:33-37)
07312016 - Sunday, July 31, 2016
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Lent 3: “Do Not Swear” (Text: Matthew 5:34)
03192025 - Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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Turn the Other Cheek (Text: Matthew 5:38-48)
02202011 - Sunday, February 20, 2011
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon VIII - Dangerous Submission (Text: Matthew 5:38-42)
08072016 - Sunday, August 7, 2016
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Debunking the World's Lies
Lie 13 -The Consequential Lie (Text: Deuteronomy 6:10-18, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 5:38-48)
08232015 - Sunday, August 23, 2015
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon VIII - Dangerous Love (Text: Matthew 5:43-48)
08142016 - Sunday, August 14, 2016
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Lent 4: “Do Not Serve, Pray, Fast to be Seen” (Text: Matthew 6:1-2, 5-6, 16-18)
03262025 - Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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Matthew 6
The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon X - Dangerous Secrecy (Text: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18)
08212016 - Sunday, August 21, 2016
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon I: The Introduction (Text: "Our Father, Who Art in Heaven”)
03062019 - Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon II: 1st Petition (Text: "Hallowed be Thy Name”)
03132019 - Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon Ill: 2nd Petition (Text: "Thy Kingdom Come”)
03202019 - Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon IV: 3rd Petition (Text: "Thy Will be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven")
03272019 - Wednesday, March 27, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon V: 4th Petition (Text: "Give us this day our daily bread')
04032019 - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon VI: 5th Petition (Text: "And forgive us our debts, as also we have forgiven our debtors')
04102019 - Palm Sunday, April 10, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon VII: 6th Petition (Text: "And Lead Us Not Into Temptation;" James 1:13-14)
04182019 - Maundy Thursday, April 18, 2019
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The Lord's Prayer
Sermon VIII: 7th Petition (Text: "But Deliver Us From The Evil One;" Ephesians 6:10-17)
04192019 - Good Friday, April 19, 2019
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The Customs and Symbols of Lent
Sermon II: Fasting (Text: Matthew 6:16-18)
02252015 - Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon XI - Dangerous Trust (Text: Matthew 6:19-34)
08282016 - Sunday, August 28, 2016
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Lent 5: “Do Not Store Up Treasures on Earth” (Text: Matthew 6:19)
04022025 - Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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A Stress-free Life (Text: Matthew 6:24-34)
02272011 - Sunday, February 27, 2011
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In the Words of Jesus
Do Not Worry (Text: Matthew 6:25-33)
04222012 - Sunday, April 22, 2012
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Contemporary Christian Music
Sermon 8 - "Sparrows" (Text: Matthew 6: 25-33)
08072022 - Sunday, August 7, 2022
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The 5 "P's" of Parenting
Provide (Text: Matthew 6:25-27, 31-33)
06242012 - Sunday, June 24, 2012
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Sermon 7: “Do Not Worry” (Text: Matthew 6:25)
04172025 - Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025
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The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Sermon 8: “Do Not Resist an Evil Person” (Text: Matthew 6:25)
04182025 - Good Friday, April 18, 2025
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“Promises, Promises, Promises: A Reassuring Look at the Promises of God”
Sermon 1 - “God Will Provide” (Text: Matthew 6:31-33)
06182023 - Sunday, June 18, 2023
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Matthew 7
The “Do Not’s” of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Lent 6: “Do Not Judge” (Text: Matthew 7:1)
04092025 - Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon XII - Dangerous Rule (Text: Matthew 7:1-12)
09042016 - Sunday, September 4, 2016
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The Most Dangerous Sermon Ever Preached
Sermon XIII - Dangerous Faith (Text: Matthew 7:13-27)
09112016 - Sunday, September 11, 2016
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Sermon III of This is a Hard Teaching
Sincerity Does Not Equal Salvation (Text: Matthew 7:13-14)
07172011 - Sunday, July 17, 2011
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Matthew 8
Out with the Old, and In with the New
From Storms to Still Waters (Text: Matthew 8:23-27)
02212018 - Sunday, February 21, 2018
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Matthew 9
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Matthew 10
Confessing Christ (Text: Matthew 10:32)
05172015 - Sunday, May 17, 2015
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Confessing Christ (Text: Matthew 10:32-33)
05152022 - Sunday, May 15, 2022
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The Lord Will Provide (Text: Genesis 22:1-18 and Matthew 10:34-39)
02182018 - Sunday, February 18, 2018
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Matthew 11
Contemporary Christian Music
Sermon 6 - "Yes He Can" (Text: Matthew 11:1-6)
07242022 - Sunday, July 24, 2022
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If It Walks Like a Duck (Text: Matthew 11:2-6)
12152013 - Sunday, December 15, 2013
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 6: Gentleness (Text: Matthew 11:28-29)
03202024 - Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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Matthew 12
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Matthew 13
The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
A Mustard Seed (Text: Matthew 13:31-32)
02132013 - Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
Yeast (Text: Matthew 13:33)
02202013 - Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
Hidden Treasure (Text: Matthew 13:44)
02272013 - Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
A Net (Text: Matthew 13:47-50)
03062013 - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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Matthew 14
Why Did You Doubt? (Text: Matthew 14:22-33)
08132023 - Sunday, August 13, 2023
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Matthew 15
Entitled to God's Blessing (Text: Matthew 15:21-28)
08142011 - Sunday, August 14, 2011
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Matthew 16
"Promises, Promises: A Reassuring Look at the Promises of God"
Sermon 5 - "Death Will Not Prevail" (Text: Matthew 16:18)
07162023 - Sunday, July 16, 2023
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Perceptions of Jesus (Text: Matthew 16:13-20)
08210211 - Sunday, August 8, 2011
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Who Do You Say I Am? (Text: Matthew 16:13-16)
08272023 - Sunday, August 27, 2023
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Matthew 17
The Transfiguration 10.0 (Text: Matthew 17:1-9)
03062011 - Sunday, March 6, 2011
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To Whom Do You Listen (Text: Matthew 17:1-5)
02262017 - Sunday, February 26, 2017
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"To Whom Do You Listen" (Text: Matthew 17:1-9)
02232020 - Sunday, February 23, 2020
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The Death of Jesus
Sermon 6 - The Trial/Sentence (Text: Matthew 27:1-2, 11-17)
04012021 - Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021
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Debunking the World's Lies
Lie 11 - TheFatalistic/Deterministic Lie (Text: Genesis 2:14-17, Jonah 5:13-18, Matthew 17:14-21)
08092015 - Sunday, August 9, 2015
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Matthew 18
I Am the Greatest (Text: Matthew 18:1-4)
09042011 - Sunday, September 4, 2011
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Debunking the World's Lies
Lie 14 - The Narcissistic Lie (Text: Psalm 103:8-17a, Romans 12:1-16. Matthew 18:4-9)
08302015 - Sunday, August 30, 2015
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The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
A King (Text: Matthew 18:21-35)
03202013 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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Forgiveness is Not an "Op-tion" (Text: Matthew 18:21-35)
09142014 - Sunday, September 14, 2014
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Matthew 19
The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 5: Goodness (Text: Matthew 19:17)
03132024 - Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Matthew 20
The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
A Landowner (Text: Matthew 20:1-16)
03132013 - Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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An Attitude of Gratitude (Text: Matthew 20:1-16)
11212018 - Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 7: Faithfulness (Text: Matthew 20:17-19)
03242024 - Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024
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Matthew 21
Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote VII: "Hosanna!" (Text: Matthew 21:1-9)
03202016 - Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016
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Matthew 22
All of Me (Text: Matthew 22:15-22)
10162011 - Sunday, October 16, 2011
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Death and Taxes (Text: Matthew 22:15-22)
04152018 - Sunday, April 15, 2018
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Overmatched and Outwitted (Text: Matthew 22:34-46)
10232011 - Sunday, October 23, 2011
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Matthew 23
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Matthew 24
Living in a Crazy World (Text: Matthew 24:4-13)
09182011 - Sunday, September 18, 2011
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"Getting Ready, But for What?" (Text: Matthew 24:36-44)
12012019 - Sunday, December 1, 2019
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Matthew 25
Getting Ready for the End (Text: Matthew 25:1-13)
11122017 - Sunday, November 12, 2017
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If at First You Don't Succeed... (Text: Matthew 25:14-30)
11132011 - Sunday, November 13, 2011
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Living with Interest (Text: Matthew 25:14-30)
11162014 - Sunday, November 16, 2014
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Welcome Home Day (Text: I Corinthians 15:22-23 & Matthew 25:31-34)
11232014 - Sunday, November 23, 2014
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One Little Word (Text: Matthew 25:31-46)
11262017 - Sunday, November 26, 2017
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Matthew 26
The Death of Jesus
The Betrayal (Text: Matthew 26:14-25)
02242021 - Ash Wednesday Observed, February 24, 2021
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"The Great Betrayal” (Text: Matthew 26: 17-30)
04092020 - Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020
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The Death of Jesus
Sermon 2 - The Denial (Text: Matthew 26:30-35, 69-75)
03032021 - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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The Death of Jesus
Sermon 4 - The Prayer (Text: Matthew 26:36-46)
03172021 - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
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Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote I: "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." (Text: Matthew 26:41)
02102016 - Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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The Death of Jesus
Sermon 5 - The Arrest (Text: Matthew 26:47-56)
03242021 - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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A Time for Renewal
Renewal in True Religion (Text: John 11:45-53; Matthew 26:57-68)
0322017 - Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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Jesus - A Man of Sorrows
Denied by Peter (Text: Matthew 26:69-75)
04212011 - Maundy Thursday, April 21, 2011
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Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote Ill: "I Don't Know the Man." (Text: Matthew 26:72 & 74)
02242016 - Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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Matthew 27
Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote IV: "I Have Sinned." (Text: Matthew 27:4a)
03022016 - Wednesday, March 2, 2016
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Jesus - A Man of Sorrows
Rejected by the Jews (Text: Matthew 27:15-26)
04062011 - Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote IV: "Let his blood be on us and on our children." (Text: Matthew 27:25)
03162016 - Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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Jesus - A Man of Sorrows
Mocked by the Soldiers (Text: Matthew 27:27-31)
04132011 - Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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Jesus - A Man of Sorrows
Forsaken by God (Text: Matthew 27:41-50)
04222011 - Good Friday, April 22, 2011
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Matthew 28
"Do Not Be Afraid" (Text: Matthew 28:1-10)
04122020 - Easter Sunday, April 21, 2020
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Game Changer (Text: Matthew 28:1-8)
04092023 - Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023
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The Real Great Commission (Text: Matthew 28:18-20 & II Timothy 3:15-17)
09082013 - Sunday, September 8, 2013
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"Teaching" All Nations (Text: Matthew 28:18-20)
09072014 - Sunday, September 1, 2014
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Disciple All People (Text: Matthew 28:18-20)
09102017 - Sunday, September 10, 2017
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Discipling All Nations (Text: Matthew 28:18-20)
09092018 - Sunday, September 9, 2018
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You Are Not Alone (Text: Matthew 28:20)
06192011 - Sunday, June 19, 2011
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