“What do you think? Which one of these three was a neighbor to the one who encountered thieves?” Then the legal expert said, “The one who demonstrated mercy.” Jesus told the legal expert, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:36-37)
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 10:35-45 “Arrange it,” they said, “so that we will be awarded the highest places of honor in your glory — one of us at your right, the other at your left.” (Verse 37)
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God, the one and only — I’ll wait as long as God says. Everything I hope for comes from God, so why not? God is the solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, an impregnable castle: I’m set for life. (Psalm 62:5-6)
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 10:35-45 “Arrange it,” they said, “so that we will be awarded the highest places of honor in your glory — one of us at your right, the other at your left.” (Verse 37)
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 10-17:31 Jesus looked him hard in the eye — and loved him! He said, “There’s one thing left: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me.” (Verse
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life — fear of death, fear of judgment — is one not yet fully formed in love. (1 John 4:18)
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 10-17:31 Jesus looked him hard in the eye — and loved him! He said, “There’s one thing left: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me.” (Verse
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. James L. Brewer-Calvert, First Christian Church of Decatur
Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore them, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 9:38-50 Jesus wasn’t pleased. “Don’t stop them. No one can use my name to do something good and powerful, and in the next breath cut me down. If they are not an enemy, they are an ally. Why, anyone by just giving
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