Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Episodes
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
The Paradox
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly. (Verses 28-30)
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
A Little Dab Will Do Ya
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 10:40-42
This is a large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. The smallest act of giving or receiving makes you a true apprentice. You won’t lose out on a thing. (Verse 42)
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Herding Cats
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Third Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 9:35-10:8
Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously. (Verses 7-8)
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
The Foundation
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
First Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 7:21-29
These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit — but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock. (Verses 24-25)
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Is Coming
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Second Sunday in LentSermon: Rev. Paul M. TurnerReading: John 3:1-18
You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. (Matthew 5:4)
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
What Is At Your Core
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Vicar Alyce Keener Reading: Matthew 7:1-14
Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God’s Law and Prophets and this is what you get. (Verse 12)
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
A Major Preoccupation
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 20:27-38
Jesus said, “Marriage is a major preoccupation here, but not there. Those who are included in the resurrection of the dead will no longer be concerned with marriage nor, of course, with death.” (Verse 34)
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Oh No You Didn’t!
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 19:1-10
Zacchaeus just stood there, a little stunned. He stammered apologetically, “Master, I give away half my income to the poor — and if I’m caught cheating, I pay four times the damages.” (Verse 8)
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Evangelicals, the Morally Upright and Other Sinners
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 18:9-14
But if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself. (Verse 14)
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Never Give Up
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 18:1-8
So what makes you think God won’t step in and work justice for his chosen people, who continue to cry out for help? Won’t God stick up for them? I assure you, God will. (Verse 7)