Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules. Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere God. Respect the government. (1 Peter 2:16-17)
This Week’s Message | 1 Peter 2:16-17 Read More »
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 6:24-38 Jesus answered, “You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs — and for free.” (Verse 26)
That Which Endures Read More »
Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the misfits. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute! (Proverbs 31:8-9)
This Week’s Message | Proverbs 31:8-9 Read More »
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 6:1-21 Philip answered, “Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.” (Verse 7)
When We Are Overwhelmed Read More »
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 6:1-21 Philip answered, “Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.” (Verse 7)
When We Are Overwhelmed Read More »
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient
This Week’s Message | James 1:2-4 Read More »
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 And whoever touched Jesus became well. (Verse 56b)
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 And whoever touched Jesus became well. (Verse 56b)
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.
This Week’s Message | Galatians 6:1-3 Read More »
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 8:1-11 Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, “The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone.” Bending down again, he wrote some more in the
The Man Who Wrote Twice Read More »