Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Romans 5:1-6, 20-21 All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten […]
Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 2:14-26 The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. (Verse 26)
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Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 2:14-26 The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. (Verse 26)
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Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31-32)
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Inspired by the writings of Lloyd John Ogilvie, this sermon series examines some of the best-known sayings of Jesus, discusses what often confuses people about them, and offers insights into how they can be related to modern living. November 11, 2018 All the others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor All the others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford — she gave her all. (Mark 12:44)
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 12:38-44 All the others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford — she gave her all. (Verse 44)
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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
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First Christian Church of Decatur has announced the dates and hours for its 11th Annual Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale, featuring quality trees and homemade wreaths, on their front lawn from Friday, November 23, 2018 until sold out. Gentle Spirit Christian Church’s ministries — including our hygiene kit ministry to metro Atlanta’s homeless — are
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Stop your fighting — and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth. (Psalm 46:10)
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