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Temporary Suffering and Eternal Glory
Pain and Suffering are real. When we minimize it, we miss the message God is telling us. When we mask it, it just comes right back. But...
Michael Blitz
Jul 135 min read


That's What You Get
It is easy to become Jealous over those we think are getting in easy to God's Grace when we labor to follow God's Law. Jesus parables in...
Michael Blitz
Jul 55 min read


Giving Up Your Options
We like having choices, but how we find God is not one. In both the Story of Naaman, and in our Gospel this morning, We find we can only...
Michael Blitz
Jun 295 min read


Why the Gospel is Greater Than Miracles
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is amazing for a number of reasons. One reason that we will look at today is that Jesus makes a...
Michael Blitz
Jun 226 min read


You’re not Simple, and Neither is God
People want a "simple religion" and want to make God simple. Yet we ourselves are not simple at all, so how could our Creator be? Though...
Michael Blitz
Jun 145 min read


Celebrating Grace Stramiello
On June 11th, we held a service on the beach remembering Grace, a lifelong friend of Linda Wray. Join us in remembering her....
Michael Blitz
Jun 121 min read


Pentecost Means No Resume Required
There are a lot of reasons people give as to why they think they aren't good enough to serve the Lord. Pentecost Day teaches that it is...
Michael Blitz
Jun 105 min read


What the Ascension Means
This morning, we look at why the Ascension is so important that Jesus, who is God and Man, sits at the Right Hand of God the Father...
Michael Blitz
Jun 25 min read


Memorials on Memorial Day
We set memorials around us for many reasons. Joshua 4 gives God's people 3 specific reasons to set Memorials around them, to remind...
Michael Blitz
May 265 min read


Michael Blitz
May 180 min read


Jesus Christ is Lord
In John 12, as John wraps up for us Jesus public ministry, and the lack of belief in Him, John reflects back to Isaiah and prophecy...
Michael Blitz
May 185 min read
Mother's Day
Mother's Day gives us a chance to examine two important things. First, what type of lives are we living in terms of a model for the next...
Michael Blitz
May 115 min read


Let's Go Fishing
Pastor Tony is filling in preaching this week, as our focus is on Jesus reinstatement of Peter, after Peter's 3 times of denying the Lord...
Michael Blitz
Apr 271 min read


God Shows His Promises Even in Emptiness
He Is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! This morning we look at the Promises of God, given in the Empty things we see now on Easter. While...
Michael Blitz
Apr 215 min read


The Other Side of the Tapestry
Comparing the Palm Sunday Entrance into Jerusalem with the Passion account, we see a beautiful example of the difference between how God...
Michael Blitz
Apr 155 min read


Pride and the Wicked Tenants
Beaten down and proven wrong, so often we let our pride get in the way from admitting we were wrong, or to see something from another...
Michael Blitz
Apr 55 min read


Why So Scared?
Coming into God's presence may be the only way to truly understand our place in the world. The People of Bethlehem come to meet Samuel,...
Michael Blitz
Mar 311 min read
True Mercy Over True Sin
Struggling with Sin? You're not the first. This morning we look at Law and Grace, and how great the Mercy Jesus gives us over True Sin...
Michael Blitz
Mar 225 min read


Faith in the Right Things
This morning, a Canaanite Woman barges into the house Jesus is praying seeking his help. Jesus comments seem cold, but her...
Michael Blitz
Mar 165 min read


Jesus Victory Over Temptation
This morning, we look at the three temptations Jesus faced while fasting in the wilderness, why they truly were temptations, and how he...
Michael Blitz
Mar 105 min read
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