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Matthew 20:1-16 - The Kingdom of Heaven is like...The good news of Jesus in a story

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  The switch over has begun.  This Sunday marked our last passage in Matthew until the first of the year.  A few Sunday offs and then a couple Sundays covering advent and then a special sermon for the final Sunday of the year.  I am praying that I will be preaching on our new mission and identity statements.  It would be a great way to end 2025 and keep moving on this quest to have our church documents reflect who we are and where we are at as a local church family. Matthew 20:1-16 contains a parable that I just love.  It could be my favorite and I love how it dovetails with the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15.  This is a Matthew only passage and that makes me wonder why.  Matthew being a tax collector and this parable dealing with wages might give us a clue but always leaving the final reason being the inspiration of the Holy Spirit given to him.  The parable is also a tremendous picture of the gospel.  I know that you can't attr...

Matthew 19:23-30 - What do we get? Who are you with? - A few pictures too...

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  This is a blast from the past of myself and my sister Rhoda in the kitchen of our home on 2138 N. Lehman Road.  I see the snow through the window and it was probably a Sunday morning because of our clothes.  What a wonderful childhood we had with the parents who provided a loving environment for us to grow up in. No mule deer last week but some beautiful sunrises and sunsets I took in.  A little break and then I am out again on Wednesday for the 4th season on the hunt for some elk.  I am thankful that I can take my work up into the hills and study the Scriptures at 9000 ft. and above.  Long days and a lot of wind at times but thankful for the opportunity to do this. This is one of my hunting spots I found with great cover and also observation in all directions.  Enough of that, what did I study and serve up this Sunday from the pulpit? We finished up Matthew 19 this Sunday.  Onto Matthew 20 next Sunday and probably the last sermon from Matthew u...

Back to Matthew 19:13-22...Jesus and the children and the self-confident

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  I came across this post on the Big Horn Flats on the Tonahutu Trail and it felt like it was in the middle of nowhere.  I was on a 26 mile hike to probably end my hikes with the boots on.  It gave me something to think about as I had about 14 miles to go.  What was the sign on this post?  So when I made it home I went digging on the internet to see if I could find a photo of this post with the sign on it.  I found this photo in 2016 that sported half of the sign. The caption of this picture said they thought it said "Wonderland Lake."  I did a Google Earth search and there was nothing called that in this area.  So I started digging deeper and came up with this picture from 2009. Now we have the whole sign but it was still hard to make out what it says.  I was thankful that they took another shot that was a close up of the sign. The mystery is solved and my curiosity has an answer.  Grand Lake 12 miles makes sense looking this way and it...