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A Peculiar People by Pastor Caley Ortman. Biblical Text: 2Timothy 1:1-14. The text for this sermon is unavailable.

First Mennonite Church November 23, 2025 The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant Text: Matthew 18:21-35 Last Sunday, we considered the parable of the Lost Sheep. It is part of Jesus’ larger teaching about pastoral care and church life. In that very same teaching session, Jesus gives a step-by-step process on how to deal “when a … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church Sunday, November 16, 2025 The Parable of the Lost Sheep Text: Matthew 18:10-14 This parable also appears in Luke 15. And, there are slight differences between Matthew’s and Luke’s account and purposes for this parable. (Read also Luke 15:1-7).   For our information, this parable also appears in the Gospel of Thomas. … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church November 9, 2025 Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast Text: Matthew 13:31-35 We should remember that before Jesus began to tell parables about the kingdom of heaven, he had already spoken about the kingdom of heaven or of God some 14 times. Thus, we might wonder: what must have gone … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church November 2, 2025 The Parable of The Wheat and Zizania (Tare) Test: Matthew 13:24-30: 24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and … [Read more…]

First Mennonite ChurchOctober 26, 2025At Last, Something “Easy!”Matthew 11:28-30“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church October 19, 2025 The Pursuit of Being a Disciple Text: Matthew 10:16-39 At the end of chapter nine of Matthew, we are told that Jesus was going through towns and villages preaching the gospel and healing the sick. As Jesus was going about, he saw the desperate crowds longing to hear him, … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church October 12, 2025 Touching the Hem of God’s Robe Text: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26  In his rebuke to the Pharisees, Jesus compared his mission to the tax collectors and sinners as that of a doctor—of healing the sick. As for Matthew, a tax collector he was up to the day Jesus walked by … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church October 5, 2025 There Are Only Two Options Text: Matthew 7:13-29 As Jesus closed his discourse here in Matthew, he made three urgent calls and gave telltale signs of true prophets and true discipleship.  The three urgent calls are: His first call was to enter the narrow gate. With this closing first … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church September 28, 2025 Sermon on the Mount Daily Life of Faith Text: Matthew 6:19-33 In the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus gives 25 of his 60 teachings he gave throughout the Gospels. Last Sunday, we saw Jesus’ teaching on how his followers should to carry out their practices of … [Read more…]