“Don’t push these children away. Don’t ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom. Mark this: Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.” Then, gathering the children up in his arms, he laid his hands of blessing
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: James 5:13-20 Pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. (Verse 16)
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My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God’s truth, don’t write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 9:30-37 He sat down and summoned the Twelve. “So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all.” (Verse 35)
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 9:30-37 He sat down and summoned the Twelve. “So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all.” (Verse 35)
Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 7:24-37 She said, “Of course, Master. But don’t dogs under the table get scraps dropped by the children?” (Verse 28)
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 8:27-38 Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me must let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show
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Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me must let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 7:24-37 She said, “Of course, Master. But don’t dogs under the table get scraps dropped by the children?” (Verse 28)
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