by Steve Hedrick | Aug 12, 2014 | Text Sermons
Matthew 14: 22-33 Everybody here probably knows that life can sometimes be a trial. When I first came to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, I really thought that I was now going to have a life unencumbered by difficulty, why worry, I have Jesus with me and like a...
by Steve Hedrick | Aug 5, 2014 | Text Sermons
Matthew 14:13-21 Jesus had been teaching in Galilee. But when he heard that his cousin, John the Baptist, had been beheaded on order of King Herod, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But crowds from the towns heard of it, so they followed him on...
by Steve Hedrick | Jul 28, 2014 | Text Sermons
Matt. 13:31-33, 44-52 1 Kgs: 3:5-12 What is the kingdom of God? How do you know you are a part of it? How do you understand it? Well, Jesus spends a lot of time telling us about the kingdom of God, as Matthew records it in his gospel. Continuing to build on his...
by Steve Hedrick | Jul 28, 2014 | Text Sermons
Genesis 28:10-19a Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 This morning we welcome back Father Marsden from his vacation! Despite a vacation mostly in the south, he does not appear to have any musket wounds from a Civil War battle! It feels good to...
by Steve Hedrick | Jul 14, 2014 | Text Sermons
In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. I think it’s safe to say that if you are an Episcopalian who faithfully attends mass during the long Florida summer when, judging by our summer numbers, clearly most Episcopalians take the summer...
by Steve Hedrick | Jul 9, 2014 | Text Sermons
Two thousand years ago a thirty-year-old rabbi went up a hill in northern Galilee to declare to his disciples a “higher righteousness” than the Law of Moses. You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love...