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  • Your Secret Reward Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 16, 2026
     | 243 views

    Not all panhandlers are created equal. Many are looked at with disdain and anger. In our passage today, Jesus says that when you DO give to the needy, to not make a show of it.

    WELCOME IKE, THE PANHANDLING DOG Many people are preparing for their summer vacations and traveling to see sights they may have seen before and loved or to go and see things they have never been to. Disneyland, Branson, Hawaii, Camping in the forest, Yosemite, Yellowstone, or maybe Mount Rushmore. ...read more

  • Ouch!!! My Cheek! Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 16, 2026
     | 208 views

    What should our response be when someone hurts us? To retaliate? That’s the question today as we continue in our series from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount he addresses the idea of an eye for an eye and what it really means.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION WHEN CELEBRITIES ATTACK Famous celebrities are just like everyone else—they act erratically, they make fools of themselves in public, they even start fights. The main difference is this: when a celebrity does these things, there is always a reporter around to record ...read more

  • When You Pray Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 16, 2026
     | 218 views

    Our text this morning in the Sermon on the Mount is what has become known as “The Lord’s Prayer” and this prayer is quite famous. We see it used widely in popular culture.

    WELCOME THE LORD’S PRAYER I thought I would begin this week with an untypical story. This has to do with our text this morning, but not indirectly as I usually do. In our passage today we will hear what has become known as “The Lord’s Prayer” and this prayer is quite famous. We see it used widely ...read more

  • A Most Difficult Love Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 16, 2026
     | 201 views

    This kind of love is not easy. It does not come naturally. And it isn’t something that the world is used to giving—citizens of heaven move toward this type of love and are willing to give it a try.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION THEY MET AS ENEMIES IN WWII AND BECAME FRIENDS 50 YEARS LATER [excerpt taken from The Des Moines Register by Daniel P. Finney] The day was May 19, 1944, and the world still burned from the death and destruction of World War II. Howard Linn, then a 21-year-old from ...read more

  • The Resurrection: Our Good News Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 11, 2026
     | 374 views

    I want to share some Good News about Victory with you. We all need Good News. With all the negatives that are going on in our world we need some Good News. On Easter Sunday, we have the opportunity to hear the Best News that was ever given.

    EASTER Today is a special day. We celebrate this day of Easter every year on our calendars. We get out the decorations with bunnies and little chicks overlaid on pastel colors. Stores have been selling lots of Easter related products like baskets and candy. Egg coloring kits are popular. I see ...read more

  • I Swear! Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 11, 2026
     | 221 views

    Our lesson today is thus titled, "I swear" Not because I do. But that is the topic Jesus is covering in this portion of our Sermon on the Mount series.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY OF OATH TAKING From the beginning of time oaths were part of a major way of life. As a student of Christian history, I believe this is a moment to understand why oaths are so important, as well as how they came to be such an important tradition. WHAT IS AN ...read more

  • God's Plan For Marriage Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 11, 2026
     | 142 views

    Life-long marriage between a man and a woman is on the decline. Marriage is an institution that was ordained to be consistent through all time. In our passage from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks to his audience about marriage.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION A ROYAL PAIN-ENBAUM How many of you are familiar with the Actor Gene Hackman? He has made a wonderful living in so many great movies. He was Lex Luthor in the Superman films with Christopher Reeve. He won an Oscar for his role as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in The French ...read more

  • We Don't Talk About That Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 11, 2026
     | 173 views

    Today’s lesson from the Sermon on the Mount tells us that if our hand causes us to sin, we should cut it off. When we sin, we might need some spiritual surgery to put us on the right track.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION RICK ALLEN: DEF LEPPARD Rick Allen became the drummer for the UK Rock band Def Leppard at the young age of 15 in 1978. Def Leppard had produced 3 albums by 1983, but tragedy would strike the next year. In 1984, Rick Allen was in a car crash that threw him from his ...read more

  • I'm So Angry! Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 11, 2026
     | 143 views

    In our passage from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, we are going to hear what he has to say about anger and what to do and what not to do when you are angry.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION A NEW BRIDE [excerpt taken from Chapel Chats II by Dennis Lynn, Cascade College, pg. 23.] A man once recalls the story, now part of the family folklore, beginning when, as a new bride, his Aunt Edna put a shoe box on a shelf in her closet and asked her husband to never ...read more

  • To Fulfill The Law Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 26, 2024
     | 1,709 views

    Every bit of Jesus’ previous statements in the Sermon on the Mount have been about the life and attitudes of his followers. How a disciple might act. What a believer seeks in his or her life. Today, Jesus makes some statements about himself and his purpose here on earth.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION THE WEIRDEST LAWS IN EVERY STATE The United States is a large, vibrant and diverse country in which states and even cities have the power to pass their own laws. This makes sense in many cases because life is different from the East Coast to the West Coast and what needs ...read more

  • Salty And Bright Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Mar 26, 2024
     | 4,837 views

    Jesus goes into the next part of the Sermon on the Mount where he goes through some qualities and characteristics of how a disciple takes those beatitudes and lives them out in this series for the next 8 weeks: Living Righteously

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION FOOD MYTHS: MSG We are talking about saltiness this morning, so I thought I would begin with a story about a food myth and that is Chinese food makes people feel bad because it is loaded with MSG. And I bet I can guess where everyone will be going for lunch today ...read more

  • When You Are Reviled Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Nov 28, 2023
     | 1,487 views

    We are at the end of our series on the Beatitudes here in Matthew chapter 5. It has been a great reminder to hear the good news Jesus gives through the introduction of his Great Sermon on the Mount. We are finishing up this week by reading the second half of the last beatitude.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION OPERATION GREIF The year was 1944. In the runup to Germany’s last major offensive of World War II, Hitler gave orders for English-speaking German soldiers to form a special unit called Panzer Brigade 150. Members of the brigade would pose as American and British ...read more

  • Persecuted Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Nov 28, 2023
     | 1,876 views

    This morning, we come to our last beatitude in Jesus’ Great Sermon on the Mount. Though this is the last one, we are going to split it up into 2 Sundays.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION IT’S A POP STAR CONSPIRACY We live in a world filled with conspiracies about what is real and what isn’t. Everything from Elvis still being alive in a gas station in Minnesota to the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot. Musicians cannot escape their own conspiracies it seems ...read more

  • Be Peacemakers Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Nov 28, 2023
     | 1,885 views

    In this life, we are called not to war, but to peace. And this is where Jesus takes his Great Sermon next.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION WHEN FIGHTING PAUSED [excerpt taken from Time Magazine online and History Channel online.] The year was 1914. The first World War. There was a belief that the war would be over by December but December came and the fighting was still very intense. But at this point, the ...read more

  • Pure In Heart Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Nov 28, 2023
     | 2,758 views

    As Jesus continues to preach these different beatitudes, he spells out the different virtues of what makes a disciple close to God’s intention for mankind and how we can be blessed by God.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION A CLEAN GETAWAY In May of 2019, Nate Roman, 44, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, arrived home and noticed immediately that something wasn’t right. After looking around his house, he called the police. What was wrong? The place was too clean. “You could smell the cleaning ...read more