December 15, 2013: Nativity lessons on obedience

Today, Pastor Hodge continues our Nativity lessons, this time on obedience. Ever hear your mom say "You get into your room and clean it up right now!"...as you continue to hammer away at your Xbox? One of the keys to Christian life is obedience to our Lord. Find out why in this sermon today. Click on the first one, and then just let the player automatically play the other three parts in sequence. Our audio recorder was being a bit fussy today.

We also had the lighting of the advent candle, which was on Obedience, and how Jesus obediently denied himself and did everything the Father tasked him to do.

Finally, we had special Christmas music from Kaelynn Clark. We hope you enjoy it! And you can hear all of these recordings here:

https://archive.org/details/NativityLessonsonObedience

And may you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

December 8, 2013: The humility of it all

 Today, Pastor Michael Hodge's sermon was on "The humility of it all". All of us have been humbled
in one way or another. But are we becoming more humble like Christ? Find out how we do this in the sermon today.

We also had Josiah Fagerstrom and Karen Hannan do a Christmas medley for our special music today, and Pastor Hodge also did the children's sermon on the greatest gift of all. You can hear all of them here:

https://archive.org/details/thehumilityofitall

And we hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

December 1, 2013: Nehemiah, part 11: Caring and giving in the house of the Lord

Today, Pastor Michael Hodge continued in the book of Nehemiah and part 11 of his series. Today, we learn about how people took care of each other, and gave generously and of their own will. This is lacking, even in the church today...and Pastor Hodge reminds us that it is one of the main impacts unbelievers see when Christ is in us...when we care deeply for our brothers and sisters in Christ.

You can listen to his sermon, and special music by Marilyn Mathison today, by clicking here:

https://archive.org/details/Nehemiahpart11caringandgivinginthehouseoftheLord

And we hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

November 24, 2013: Nehemiah, part 10: Living by the commands of God

As we continue in our series in the book of Nehemiah, Pastor Michael Hodge expounds on Nehemiah chapter 10, verses 1-31. Here, the people sign a document, confessing their sins in it, and then vowing to turn from it. They further declare that they would turn back to the Lord, observing and doing all the commandments, not giving their daughters or sons to unbelievers in marriage,and to not buy goods on Sunday. Listen to Pastor Hodge's sermon as to how this all applies to us today.
You can listen here:

https://archive.org/details/livingbythecommandsofGod

And we hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

November 17, 2013: Nehemiah, part 9

In Pastor Hodge's continuing series in Nehemiah, we invite you to listen to it. I was stuck on severe weather duty, so I am going to listen to it and find out what it is all about as well! And speaking
of the storms, there are a few glitches due to power surges caused by the storms. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can listen to the sermon here:

https://archive.org/details/Nehemiahpart9

And we hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

November 10, 2013: Nehemiah, part 8: The people of God together, and when revival comes

Hello everyone,

Today, Pastor Michael Hodge, in part 8 of his series on the book of Nehemiah, continues with the title "The People of God together---listening, responding, and rejoicing, or, some of the things that happen when revival comes". I can't improve on that, so listen to his sermon and see what happens when revival comes, and how it came in Nehemiah's day. And, how it has the possibility of happening even today. Listen to it here:

https://archive.org/details/Nehemiahpart8PastorMichaelHodge

We hope you are blessed by the sermon, and hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

November 3, 2013: Nehemiah, part 7: Dealing with an enemy's plot

On this chilly but mostly sunny Sunday morning, Pastor Michael Hodge continued his series in the book of Nehemiah in God's Word. As we look at Nehemiah chapter 6, we see his enemies plotting against him, to stop the work God had assigned him to do. Even worse, they try to deceive him into sinning and putting God's people in jeopardy. How Nehemiah responded should be our way that we respond when people do the same to us. Moreover, if we do these things, we are to repent and apologize for causing harm and division within the body of Christ. This sermon should be listened to with an ear to whether or not this applies to us.

We also had Roger Seldal do our special music for today, and we hope you find that a blessing as well.

You can hear these recordings here:

https://archive.org/details/Nehemiahpart7DealingWithAnEnemysPlotPastorMichaelHodge

Finally, we hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!