Nearly all of us can look at our lives and point out reasons why we don’t look like we’re “blessed.” But in the Beatitudes, Jesus says that looking blessed is not what people usually think it is. In this sermon based on Matthew 5:1-12, Pastor Jedidiah Maschke looks at how the Beatitudes show us a better way of being blessed.

Jesus’ preaching in Matthew 11:12-19 may seem a bit extreme, but Jesus is making the point that of anything we may desire, His kingdom is worth the most. How do we get that? Listen to this sermon for Reformation Sunday from guest pastor Rev. Bradley Roberts to find out!

We want people to know Jesus, but sometimes, like the disciples in Luke 5, it seems like we're having no luck when we do anything that resembles being "fishers of men." That doesn't mean that we should give up, though. In this sermon, Rev. Dr. Jock Ficken invites us to change things up a bit by echoing Jesus' call: Let's go fish in the deep water!

When Jesus feeds 5000 people from five small loaves and two fishes, it's a big deal. But in the midst of that experience, the disciples learn to look at something beyond the miraculous event of the day. What do they find out? Find out in this sermon from Rev. Brad Roberts based on Mark 6:30-44.

When we baptize our children, we’re commending them into the hands of a God who cares for them even more than we do. Jesus demonstrates His love for children when he tells the disciples “Let the little children come to me,” but sometimes even parents do things that keep their children from Jesus, often without realizing it. In this sermon, based on Mark 2:13-16, Pastor Jedidiah Maschke talks about the most important thing parents can do their children to give them a solid foundation for life.

People all over the world and of all different religions have been known to pray ever since the beginning of time. But is there real power in prayer? And if so, can we use that power? In this sermon, based on James 5:13-20, Pastor Jedidiah Maschke takes a look at how prayer affects much more in the world today than we would ever think or imagine and how the power that is in prayer can be harnessed for good.

“What causes fights and conflicts among you?” James asks in his epistle. Apparently, people have been having problems in the church and in their daily lives for centuries. Thankfully, this is not the way things need to be. In this sermon from Pastor Jedidiah Maschke, based on James 4, we dig into the roots of conflict in our life to find out what we need to conquer it.

Isaiah’s book of prophecy contains four “servant songs” among the collection of writings. In the third one, from Isaiah 50:4-10, we find a word that brought hope not only to the weary people of Isaiah’s time, but to us today. Pastor Jedidiah Maschke, in this sermon, takes a look at this servant and shows how Jesus changes everything for those who trust in Him.

In Isaiah’s day, God’s people were looking forward to deliverance from drought and foreign invaders that threatened their livelihood and lives. We aren’t free of threats to our own livelihoods, and sometimes lives, and Isaiah’s message speaks a word of hope to us too. In this sermon, based on Isaiah 35:4-6, Pastor Jedidiah Maschke unpacks Isaiah’s prophecies and the promise of new life we find in them.

People often forget that the church is not a building or a hierarchy of leaders, it is made up of all people who have faith in Jesus Christ. From the beginning of time, God wanted His people to be a part of a community of faith, which became known as the church. So what should a church look like? And what does that mean for people who are a part of a church? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this sermon from Pastor Jedidiah Maschke, based on the third article of the Apostles’ Creed and Ephesians 5.