April 26, 2015: What's in a name?

This week, while Pastor Hodge was out of town, Mark Fagerstrom delivered his sermon today on what's in a name? We give names to our children, trying to be unique, or different, or more common. But in the Bible, God reveals himself as many names. Mark expounds on Revelation 1:4-8, and we see God has so many names, even Mark can't remember them all. :-) But listen to his sermon as to why we worship our God, through the many names He has been given, and given himself.

Also, we had Molly Blobaum's children's sermon on toothpaste. Just listen to it. :-) And, we also had Micah Fagerstrom and his friends sing "Amazing Grace" for us as our special music today. All of these recordings can be found here:

 https://archive.org/details/MarkFagerstromwhatsinaname

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

April 19, 2015: There is something wrong in the Temple!

This week, Pastor Hodge expounds on Mark 11:15-18. In essence, this is an understatement: just about everything was going wrong in the Temple of God. The Gentile Court was being misused, the Temple leaders didn't really care about God, and there really wasn't much worship going on. And then Jesus sees it, and things change in a heartbeat. What did that mean for those back then, and for us now? Listen to Pastor Hodge's sermon and find out!

We also had special music from Leslie Seldal, and Mark Fagerstrom had his Children's sermon this morning. You can listen to these as well.

You may listen to these service elements here:

https://archive.org/details/03PastorMichaelHodgeThereIsSomethingWrongInTheTemple

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

April 12, 2015: The peril of withering away

In this sermon, Pastor Michael Hodge shows us the danger of the church withering here in the United States. And like the fig tree, Israel was withering away. Oh, it looked healthy with healthy leaves....but there was no good fruit. But where is the heart of the people? Listen to this sobering sermon and our challenge today.

We're working on the microphone battery issue. It goes dead at the end of part 1, but it's back for part 2. No part of the sermon was missed. We apologize for the inconvenience.

In any case, you can listen to it here:

https://archive.org/details/02PastorMichaelHodgetheperilofwitheringaway

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

April 5, 2015: Easter

This Sunday was Easter, of course, and we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Here are three elements of our service today that were recorded:

1. Molly's children's sermon
2. Special Music: "Jerusalem" by Marilyn Matheson
3. Pastor Michael Hodge's sermon

You can hear all of these here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeEasterSermon

We hope you are blessed by all these, and may you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

March 29, 2015: The triumphant entry into Jerusalem

Today on Palm Sunday, Pastor Michael Hodge looks at Mark 1:1-11, and John 12:16. This is known as the triumphant entry into Jerusalem. We learn about the special events that led up to this event, and how Jesus was so misunderstood. People thought he was a political savior instead of THE Savior of the world. As a result, people went from praising him and shouting "Hosanna"...to "crucify him!" 3 days later. Listen to this sermon about how it all unfolded, and what it means for us today.

We also had special music, and you can listen to this, and the sermon, by clicking here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeTheTriumphantEntryOfJesus

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

March 22, 2015: The reward for following Jesus

This week, Pastor Hodge expounded upon Mark 10, verses 28-29. In these verses, we learn who is first in the Kingdom of God, and in heaven...and who is last. First, comes sacrifice. We must be ready to leave everything we have, and that we know for Jesus. We must sacrifice worldly possessions, as necessary, relationships and other things as we are led by God to do them. With this comes heartache, pain and suffering, but the rewards are great, as we see in Mark 10:30-31. And in verse 31, we have a final warning from Jesus about this. Listen to his sermon today and ask yourself the hard questions that are asked from Jesus.

We also had Molly Blobaum do our children's sermon today. we hope your children learn from it.

You can listen to both of these, here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeTheLastBecomeFirst

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

March 15, 2015: How to be a part of the Kingdom of God

Today, Pastor Michael Hodge continues in the book of Mark, chapter 10 verses 17-27. We come to the verses where the young rich man claims he has done everything to qualify for getting into heaven. And Jesus says he has done well, except for one thing. He commands him to sell all that he has, give everything to the poor, and follow him. What happens next is a lesson for all who are rich, and most of us, even the so-called "middle class", are very wealthy compared to the rest of the world. Everyone isn't called to give up all their possessions. If we had none, we'd have nothing to give financially. So, what did Jesus mean? Not to make money our God. Listen to Pastor Hodge expound on these verses.

We also had our special music, done by Roger and others, "Wonderful, Merciful Savior". We hope you enjoy it.

And, we apologize, but the new battery in our pastor's microphone mysteriously died towards the end of the sermon, but you'll get the gist of it with what is available. We apologize for the inconvenience.

You can listen to these recordings here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeHowToBeaPartOfTheKingdomofGod

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