Matthew 28:5-6
The angel spoke to the women: “There is nothing to fear here. I know you’re looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed.”
Good Trouble
Palm Sunday | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 5:10-12 You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. (Verse 10)
Good Trouble
Palm Sunday | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 5:10-12 You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. (Verse 10)
Matthew 5:10-12
You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. Not only that — count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort
Be a Light
Fifth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener | Reading: Matthew 5:8-9 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,
Matthew 5:8-9
You’re blessed when you get your inside world — your mind and heart — put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.
Original Blessings
Fourth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Dr. James Brewer-Calvert, Senior Pastor, First Christian Church of Decatur | Reading: Isaiah 49:6b God said, “I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” (Verse 6b)
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Matthew 5:6-7
You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God… Food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat. You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being “care-full,” you find yourselves cared for.
We Cannot Be Bought
Third Sunday in LentSermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior PastorReading: John 4:21-27 You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are — no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. (Matthew 5:5)
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This Week’s Message | Matthew 5:5
You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are — no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. (Matthew 5:5)
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