Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Ruth 4:9-10 The memory and reputation of the deceased is not going to disappear out of this family or from his hometown. (Verse 10)
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Count yourself blessed every time someone cuts you down or throws you out, every time someone smears or blackens your name to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and that that person is uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens — skip like a lamb, if
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Luke 18:9-14 But if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself. (Verse 14)
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Jesus commented, “This tax man, not the other, went home made right with God. If you walk around with your nose in the air, you’re going to end up flat on your face, but if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself.”
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 18:1-8 But how much of that kind of persistent faith will the Son of Humanity find on the earth when he returns? (Verse 8)
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But how much of that kind of persistent faith will the Son of Humanity find on the earth when he returns?
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 17:11-19 Jesus said, “Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?” Then he said to him, “Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed
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Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 19:16-22 That was the last thing the young person expected to hear. And so, crestfallen, they walked away. They were holding on tight to a lot of things, and they couldn’t bear to let go. (Verse 22)
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So this is my prayer: That your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus
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