Sermon for Sunday, October 17, 2021
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“Me First, Me First!” Mark 10:35-45 (MSG)
VS. 44 “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.”
“Stay on good terms with each other, held together by love. Be ready with a meal or a bed when it’s needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!” Hebrews 13:1-2
Sermon for Sunday, October 10, 2021
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Alyce Keener, Vicar
10:30 AM Eastern – via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“God Means What God Says” Mark 10:17-31 (MSG)
VS. 27 “Jesus was blunt: ‘No chance at all if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you let God do it.’”
“Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the misfits. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute!” Proverbs 31:8-9 (MSG)
Sermon for Sunday, October 3, 2021
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“Divorce – Now the Rest of the Story” Mark 10:2-16 (MSG)
VS. 10-12 “When they were back home, the disciples brought it up again. Jesus gave it to them straight: “A man who divorces his wife so he can marry someone else commits adultery against her. And a woman who divorces her husband so she can marry someone else commits adultery.”
Sermon for Sunday, September 26, 2021
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Alyce Keener, Vicar
10:30 AM Eastern – via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“Preservatives” Mark 9:38-50 (MSG)
VS. 41 “Why, anyone by just giving you a cup of water in my name is on our side.”
“In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can’t get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God’s part.” Matthew 6:14-15 (MSG)
Sermon for Sunday, September 19, 2021
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“So You are listening, but do You Hear?” Mark 9:30-37 (MSG)
VS. 35 ”He sat down and summoned the Twelve. “So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all.”
“But now, God’s Message,the God who made you in the first place, Jacob, the One who got you started, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you. I’ve called your name. You’re mine.” Isaiah 43:1 (MSG)
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