by Neil Ellis | Nov 26, 2023 | Sermons
Everything’s Fine? Everything’s Fine? On Christ the King Sunday Matthew’s gospel summarizes the mission of Christ we are called to live out. Scripture: Matthew 25: 31-46 This morning is Christ the King Sunday. A day in the church year when we mark...
by Neil Ellis | Oct 15, 2023 | Sermons
Garments of Grace Garments of Grace Scripture: Matthew 22: 1-14 I know why this parable gives me a hard time and I wonder if perhaps you have same difficulty. It’s that individual who actually comes to the wedding, but doesn’t have the proper clothes. The one who gets...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 11, 2023 | Sermons
A Community of Faith A Community of Faith Today’s gospel lesson from Matthew talks about fogiveness and why that matters. This passage from Matthew forms the model for discipline that many churches use. However, it is less about discipline and more about how we...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 6, 2023 | Sermons
Who Does the Feeding? Who Does the Feeding? Scripture: Matthew 14: 13-21 This gospel story is so well known that at the beginning of the week I sat down and thought to myself ‘how do I say something new about this passage?’ It’s a piece of scripture that when we hear...
by Neil Ellis | Jul 30, 2023 | Sermons
The Kingdom of God is Like… The Kingdom of God is Like… Scripture: Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-50 You are probably familiar with the expression ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ An expression meant to convey the depth of meaning we can pull from a single...
