Sermons

Genesis 6:11-14 NIV, 9 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the Read more »

1 Kings 3:16-28 16 One day two women[a] came to King Solomon, 17 and one of them said: Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. Not long ago my baby was born at home, 18 and three days later her baby was born. Nobody else was there with us. 19 One Read more »

Jonah 3:1-5,10 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to Read more »

Exodus 2:1-10 — Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket[a] Read more »

1 Samuel 17:4-11 New International Version (NIV) 4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[a] 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[b]; 6 on his Read more »

Luke 19: 29-40 NIV, 1633 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Read more »

Mark 14:53-64 NIV 53 They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came together. 54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire. 55 The Read more »

Sermon Series: 24 Hours That Changed the World Sermon Title: The Garden Psalm 118: John 18:1; Matthew 26:36-45 Rev. Dr. Sue Shorb-Sterling Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church February 25, 2018 Congratulations, Pleasant Grove, for being a continuous worshipping and serving congregation for 150 years! This is no small thing and certainly something to be celebrated Read more »

Luke 22:14-20 14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”17 After Read more »

Mark 10:35-37, 41-45 – The Message — 35 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came up to him. “Teacher, we have something we want you to do for us.” 36 “What is it? I’ll see what I can do.” 37 “Arrange it,” they said, “so that we will be awarded the highest places of honor in Read more »