Rev. Paul M. Turner

Don’t Be Afraid: The Cost, The Calling, and the Pride of Being Known

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 10:24-39 Don’t be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in God’s hands. (Verse 28)

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The Bible

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in God’s hands.

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The Bible

Matthew 10:16

Stay alert. This is hazardous work I’m assigning you. You’re going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don’t call attention to yourselves. Be as shrewd as a snake, inoffensive as a dove. (Matthew 10:16)

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Rev. Paul M. Turner

Mercy Over Religion

Second Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.” (Verses 12-13)

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Mercy Over Religion

Second Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.” (Verses 12-13)

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The Bible

Matthew 9:12-13

Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.”

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Lance Helms, Director of Communications

Oh, Mary!

First Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Lance Helms, Director of Communications | Reading: Luke 1:39-58 And Mary said, “I’m bursting with God-news; I’m dancing the song of my Savior God.” (Verse 46)

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