Gentle Spirit Christian Church

No, It's Not Fair

Fourth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 The parent said, "Son, you don’t understand. You’re with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours — but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he’s alive! He was lost, and he’s found!" (Verses 31-32)

Never Give Up

Second Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. Don’t waver. Stay on track, steady in God. (Verse 1)

Walking Humbly With Our Saints

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Micah 6:8 But God has already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously — take God seriously. (Micah 6:8)

Our Animal Companions

Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor

Get Serious

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 9:30-37 He sat down and summoned the Twelve. “So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all.” (Verse 35)

More Trouble With Jesus

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 7:24-37 She said, “Of course, Master. But don’t dogs under the table get scraps dropped by the children?” (Verse 28)

Jesus Had a Learning Curve

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 15:21-28 Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)

Peeling Back the Onion

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 6:22-38 Jesus answered, "You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs — and for free." (Verse 26)

A House Without Walls

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Wherever he went, village or town or country crossroads, they brought their sick to the marketplace and begged him to let them touch the edge of his coat — that’s all. And whoever touched him became well. (Verse 56)

Jesus Was a Diva, and That's Okay

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:1-13 Don’t think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment. No special appeals for funds. Keep it simple. (Verses 8-9)