Do not fix your eyes on angels. Last time we were together, we opened our new series on the sermonic Letter to the Hebrews with the overarching theme, “Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus.” And that’s also our theme as a church for this year: “Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus.”   Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Hebrews 1:5-14. Full manuscript…

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“Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus” That’s the name of this new sermon series that we’re starting today on The Letter to the Hebrews, and it’s also the theme of my pastoral vision for Lanse Free Church in 2026.   Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on Hebrews 1:1-4. Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog. You can listen here…

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I picked Psalm 87 for this morning because it’s so glorious and so…weird. I picked it because I really have never understood it. No matter how many times I’ve read it. What is this psalm, this song, all about? So, this week, as we’re in between sermon series, I was like, “I don’t know what…

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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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