Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 14:25-33 Simply put, if you’re not willing to take what is dearest to you, whether plans or people, and kiss it good-bye, you can’t be my disciple. (Verse 33)
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One day when large groups of people were walking along with him, Jesus turned and told them, “Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go of father, mother, spouse, children, brothers, sisters — yes, even one’s own self! — can’t be my disciple. Anyone who won’t shoulder his own cross and follow behind
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Daphne Reiley, Spiritual Navigator | Reading: John 15:1-5 I am the true vine, and my Abba is the vine grower who cuts off every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, but prunes the fruitful ones to increase their yield. You’ve been pruned already, thanks to the word that
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None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing — nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable — absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Hebrews 12:18-29 … Getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered. (Verse 27)
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
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 12:49-56 Then he turned to the crowd: “When you see clouds coming in from the west, you say, ‘Storm’s coming’ — and you’re right. And when the wind comes out of the south, you say, ‘This’ll be a hot one’
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But God has already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously — take God seriously.
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 12:32-40 Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bank robbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your
Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bank robbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.