December 21, 2014: A Christmas Carol, part 4: the future

This week, Pastor Hodge continues his series on how we are to be more like Christ this Christmas. Running a parallel with "The Christmas Story", Scrooge sees his future if he does not repent, and it isn't good. What are we to do that will have an everlasting, eternal impact on who we love? Listen to his sermon today and find out.

Also, we recorded several elements of our service today, including our prelude, Advent Candle lighting, Molly's children's sermon, and our special music as well.

You can hear all of these recordings by clicking here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeSpiritofChristmasFuture

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

December 14, 2014: A Christmas Carol, Part 3: Finding joy in God's security

This week, Pastor Hodge continues with "A Christmas Carol", and shows how, unlike in the story, the true joy of Christmas---and in life---only comes from the free gift of salvation found in Jesus Christ. And, our challenge today is to imitate him by the power of the Holy Spirit, as the gifts of the Spirit are given to us. Listen to his sermon today.

We also had the Storeys light our advent candle; today's is God's security. Also, we had special music with the Taylors, and Molly Blobaum did our children's sermon as well.

You can hear all of these here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeAChristmasStoryPart3

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

December 7, 2014: Dealing with the past

Today, we had Communion, and we had Pastor Michael Hodge show us how our past affects each of us. Using the story of Scrooge as a backdrop, the ghost shows Scrooge the things of his past that made him a bitter man. In real life, however, the only one who can heal us from the abuses and other sins of the past is our Lord through Christ Jesus. Although it takes time, healing of the worst sins begins to occur has we turn them over to Christ. Listen to Pastor Hodge's sermon on this here.

And then we had special music...and we hope you find that it is special, indeed. :-) (just listen and you'll understand).

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeDealingwiththepast

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

November 30, 2014: Gaining the world, but losing your soul

Today, Pastor Michael Hodge expounded in the book of Mark, specifically chapter 8, verses 36 through 38.

There's a very stern warning that Jesus delivers here, that many choose to ignore: what good is it if we gain all the riches of the world, but then lose our soul to Hell in eternity? Pastor Hodge talks about this warning, and why we should never be ashamed of Jesus. What can we do to avoid this? Listen to his sermon today and find out!

We also had special music today, and Molly Blobaum gave her children's sermon as well. All of these can be heard here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeMark83638

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

November 23, 2014: Jesus qualities, and the cost of following Jesus

This week, as I was unable to post last week, we have Pastor Michael Hodge continuing in the book of Mark, specifically verses 27-30 and 31-36. Pastor Hodge talks about the dangers of elevating one of Jesus' qualities over another, as many want to do these days, and then, in the second sermon here, counting the cost of following Jesus.

We had special music today, and Molly Blobaum has not one but two Thanksgiving children's sermons for you today. And of course, we had special music today, which we hope you enjoy!

You can listen to all of these here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeMark827-3031-36

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

November 9, 2014: A blind man's gradual restoration

This week, Pastor Michael Hodge expounds on Mark 8, verses 22-26. In this chapter, we learn what Jesus does in healing this blind man. Why did he spit on the man's eyes? Obviously, we don't do that today. Why did He do this, and what does this mean for us today? Listen to his sermon and find out!

Also, we had special music with a quartet of vocalists,  and we had Mark Fagerstrom give his sermon for the kids, with the topic of leaves. You can listen to all of these recordings here:



https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeMark8verse2226

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

November 2, 2014: A lesson on trust, or, who forgot the food?

First: our apologies, as the battery in the microphone died 3 minutes into the sermon. A quick replacement, and all was well. Pardon the interruption.

This week, Pastor Michael Hodge preached on Mark 8, verses 14-21. In this section, the disciples realized that they don't have enough bread. But Jesus told them to watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees, and Herod. The disciples were trying to figure out how that related to their food situation, but they missed the point altogether. We do this a lot! Listen to Pastor Hodge as he tells us that God will provide us with what we need, and not to worry over the things that we do need that the Lord says he will provide.

You can hear his sermon here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorHodgeMark8alessonintrust

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