Category Archives: Matthew

What are You Thinking?

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Pastor Kevin Draper

Based on: Matthew 5:21-37 What are you thinking? You know, with all the internet technology we have today, you can share whatever you are thinking with people all over the world. You can create a blog, use Twitter, or share … Continue reading →

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The Blessings of Baptism

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Pastor Kevin Draper

Based on: Matthew 3:13-17 Do you remember Naaman? He was the foreigner who came to Elisha the prophet to be healed of his leprosy. Elisha told Naaman he would be healed if he went to the Jordan river and washed … Continue reading →

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Lord, I’ll take even the crumbs

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Pastor Kevin Draper

Based on: Matthew 15:21-28

Have you ever had food so good that it you didn’t want to leave a single crumb on the plate? That’s how I felt about the cheesecake I would buy in the a little town called New York.  That’s New York, Texas, not to that other New York on the East Coast.  Every crumb of New York cheesecake was worth eating.

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God’s Judgement is Coming

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Pastor Kevin Draper

Based on: Joel 3:12-16

What you think about your birthday? Is it something you look forward to every year? Or is it something you dread? Either way, for as long as you live your birthday will come every year.  It is inescapable, isn’t it? The same is true of God’s judgment.  It is inescapable.  Another illustration as we talk about God’s judgment on the final day is the punishment you knew you would receive as a child when you did something wrong.  If your father was a disciplinarian you probably dreaded those words, “Just wait until your father gets home.” Continue reading →

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The Holy Spirit Comes To Us

Posted on May 11, 2008 by

Based on: Joel 2:28-29

What do you do when you have good news to tell? What if you are going to get married? What if you are going to be a new mother or a new grandmother? Don’t you go and tell people, as many people as you can find and soon as you can find them?

The same is true with God.  He has good news to tell and on Pentecost he announces that good news.  That’s what Pentecost is about.  On Pentecost God shares the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ and pours out his Holy Spirit on all people. Continue reading →

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