Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 5:38-48 In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you. (Verse 48)
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So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear
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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:21-37 Too many of you are using that as a cover for selfishness and whim, pretending to be righteous just because you are ‘legal.’ Please, no more pretending. (Verse 31b)
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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:21-37 Too many of you are using that as a cover for selfishness and whim, pretending to be righteous just because you are ‘legal.’ Please, no more pretending. (Verse 31b)
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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10 NRSV)
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:13-20 Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. (Verse 14b)
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:13-20 Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. (Verse 14b)
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I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:1-3 NRSV)
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 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 and they are uncomfortable.
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 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 and they are uncomfortable. (Verse