Lance Helms

Breaking Good

Fifth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Lance Helms | Reading: Matthew 23:29-36 You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You build granite tombs for your prophets and marble monuments for your saints. And you say that if you had lived in the days of your ancestors, no blood would have been on your hands. […]

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Rev. Paul M. Turner

The True Essence of Faith

Fourth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 23:25-28 You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You buff the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and

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Rev. Paul M. Turner

The Heart of the Matter

Third Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 23:23-24 You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment — the absolute basics!

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Rev. Paul M. Turner

Simply Be Yourself

First Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 23:1-7 Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty.

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Shadow of Christian cross at Easter

Lenten Study: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?

Monday, February 19 (First Week in Lent): Matthew 23:13-15Monday, February 26 (Second Week in Lent): Matthew 23:16-22Monday, March 4 (Third Week in Lent): Matthew 23:23-24Monday, March 11 (Fourth Week in Lent): Matthew 23:25-28Monday, March 18 (Fifth Week in Lent): Matthew 23:29-36Monday, March 25 (Holy Week): Matthew 23:37-39Monday, April 1 (Eastertide): Mark 16:1-8

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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)

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Vicar Alyce Keener

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,

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Rev. Paul M. Turner and Rev. James L. Brewer-Calvert

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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