Pastor Mitch Freeman

Does Money Really Matter?

Ecclesiastes 5:10-20

We will spend much of our adult lives working to earn money, but one day we’ll have to leave all our money and possessions behind. Moreover, while we struggle to earn money, it brings problems of its own. Ecclesiastes forces us to stop our lives for a moment and ask the question, “If life on earth is temporary, and money is fraught with problems, does money really matter?” How do we escape the problems that money brings with it? Is there an answer to the vanity of money?

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Does Work Really Matter?

Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

We spend most of our adult life at work–9 to 5, punching in and punching out, behind a computer, meeting deadlines. For some of us, work is enjoyable; for others, work is drudgery. Ecclesiastes forces us to ask the question, “if life is temporary, does my job really matter?”

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Does Self-Indulgence Really Matter?

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

If life is temporary, then why not indulge in it? Ecclesiastes helps us to answer this question. The writer gives a personal testimony of how he indulged himself in wine, projects, people and money–all in search for lasting satisfaction and joy. In the end, he is unsatisfied, but why?

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Does Wisdom Really Matter?

Ecclesiastes 1:16-18; 2:12-17

Wisdom is defined as skill in living or navigating through life. Proverbs heartily affirms our need for it, but the writer of Ecclesiastes forces us to ask, “If both wise and foolish die, does it really matter whether we live wisely?” He readily points out both the benefits and the limitations of wisdom as he questions the necessity of wisdom.

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All is Vanity

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Does life apart from God have lasting value? Too many of us go through our lives without ever asking questions like this one. Yet it is one of the most important questions anyone can answer. We begin a study of the book of Ecclesiastes, where we’re forced to examine our lives from this perspective: why does anything matter?

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The Work of God’s Word in His Church

Ephesians 4:7-16

We hear words every day. The power of spoken words is undeniably powerful. God’s Word possesses unique and unmatched power to feed souls. In this passage, Paul explains how God works through his Word to build his church. He describes the ministry each believer has to speak God’s Word to one another.

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Glory to God in the Highest!

Luke 2:8-20

The word is spread when a baby is born. Phone calls are made, pictures are posted, texts are sent, and cards are sent out. In this passage, we see the most important birth announcement of all. This birth announcement proclaimed “good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” What made Jesus’ birth so important that a multitude of angels declared, “Glory to God in the Highest?”

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And She Gave Birth to Her Firstborn Son…and Laid Him in a Manger

Luke 2:1-7

After traveling through the first chapter of Luke, we now come to the main event in his birth narrative. Jesus is born. But few things about his birth are what we would have expected. He was born to a peasant couple, in an animal shelter, laid in a filthy manger. To top it all off, his first visitors were lowly shepherds. What did all of this mean? Why was the Savior of the world born under such humble circumstances?

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He Shall Be Called John

Luke 1:57-80

The people asked, “What then shall this child be?” He would be a prophet in the spirit and power of Elijah. Not only did he look like the great prophet, but his voice thundered like him as he proclaimed repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Who was this man John? And what was his message? This sermon explains the mission and message of John.

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How Can This Be, Since I Am A Virgin?

Luke 1:26-38

After appearing to Zechariah in the temple. God spoke again six months later. This time it was far away from Israel’s religious and cultural center. He spoke to a simple girl named Mary in a small, rural town called Nazareth. His message was the most incredible of all, “the child to be born to you will be called holy–the Son of God.”

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