Sermon for September 29, 2019 (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Today’s Message: “Are We Willing to Listen” Luke 16:19-31
From the Gospel of Luke: vs.31 “Abraham replied, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, they’re not going to be convinced by someone who rises from the dead.”
Sermon for September 22, 2019 (Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Today’s Message: “It is the Little Things” (Luke 16:1-13)
From the Gospel of Luke: vs. 10 “If you’re honest in small things, you’ll be honest in big things; If you’re a crook in small things, you’ll be a crook in big things.”
From the Philippians 3: vs. 9 “I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ.”
Sermon for August 25, 2019 (Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Today’s Message: “Are We Chickens Or Eagles, Worthy Or Unworthy, Condemned Or Destined?” (Luke 13:10-17)
From the Gospel of Luke: vs. 15-16 “But Jesus shot back, ‘You frauds! Each Sabbath every one of you regularly unties your cow or donkey from its stall, leads it out for water, and thinks nothing of it. So why isn’t it all right for me to untie this daughter of Abraham and lead her from the stall where Satan has had her tied these eighteen years?'”
From the Gospel of Luke: vs. 29 “What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with GETTING so you can respond to God’s GIVING.”
Sermon for July 28, 2019 (Seventh Sunday after Pentecost)
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Vicar Alyce Keener
Today’s Message: “Everything is Beautiful”
From the Gospel of Luke: “To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst.” Luke 6:27-36
References:
“Everything is Beautiful” by Ray Stevens
The OTHER Serenity Prayer…
God, grant me the serenity to stop
beating myself up for not doing
things perfectly, the courage to
forgive myself because I’m working
on doing better, and the wisdom to
know that you already love me
just the way I am.
Sermon for July 21, 2019 (Sixth Sunday after Pentecost)
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
Today’s Message: “Finding Time”
From the Gospel of Luke: “The Master said, ‘Martha, dear Martha, you’re fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing.’ ” (Luke 10:38-42)
