What are you asking the Lord for in 2026? What are you praying for as we set out into a new year? What do you want? Many of us start the year by making some goals. We’re going to lose the weight we put on during Christmas, and we’re going to get “shredded.” We’re going…

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“Come, Lord Jesus!”  That’s the very last prayer in the Bible.  It’s in the last book of the Bible. It’s on the last page, in the last paragraph, in the second-to-last verse. And we’re studying it on the last Sunday of 2025. “Come, Lord Jesus!” Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Revelation 22:20. Full manuscript available…

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This story is the announcement by an angel to that humble young Jewish woman named Mary that the first Christmas was coming, that the Christ was coming, not just someday but now, and not just to her house, but to her very womb. In this story, Mary is going to find out that she is…

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There once was a wicked man named Haman, and he hated the Jews. He was their enemy.  This Haman was a leader in the kingdom of Persia in the fifth century before Christ, and he was very very proud. Narcissistic even. To him, everything was about him.  And there was a particular Jew named Mordecai…

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Our story is not over yet.  The Tale of Queen Esther did not end with the death of the wicked Haman at the tail end of chapter 7.   Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Esther 8:1-17. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the sermon: “Another Decree”–…

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We have finally reached “Queen Esther’s Banquet.” It’s actually Queen Esther’s Second Banquet, isn’t it? Because she put one on in chapter 5, as well.   Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Esther 7:1-10. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download the sermon: “Queen Esther’s Banquet”– November 30, 2025

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Timing is everything. In so many areas of life, so much comes down to timing. What happened when. How fast something unfolded. What came first. What came last. What happened at just the right time…or at just the wrong time! Timing is so important. Especially in storytelling. Right? Especially in comedy. Have you ever told…

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Queen Esther is about to do the bravest thing she has ever done. Queen Esther is about to embark on what might be, for her, a suicide mission.  She is going to take her life into her own hands and break the law of the land for the sake of her people. Queen Esther is…

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What was troubling Mordecai? By verse 5 of chapter 4, Queen Esther wants to know. But we already know what is troubling Mordecai:  The genocide of the Jews has been placed on the calendar.   Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Esther 4:1-17. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog You can listen here or “Right-Click” and “Save-as” to download…

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I’ll be right up front with you. This chapter ends on a cliffhanger. You know, one of those moments where the hero of the story and their friends are in danger, hanging from a cliff, and you don’t know what’s going happen to them. “Tune in next time to find out!” That’s this chapter. Because…

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