Gentle Spirit Christian Church

Walking in the Light: A Call To See and Be Seen

Fourth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Ephesians 5:8-16 You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So, no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it. (Verses 8-10)

Living the Love that Changes Everything

Second Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 3:16-18 This is how much God loved the world: God gave God’s Son, the one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending this Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. (Verse 4)

Redefining Blessedness: A Call to Revolutionary Living

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 | You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for. (Verse 7)

The Real Action at the Border

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 17:11-19 Jesus said, “Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?” Then he said to him, “Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you.” (Verses 17-19)

The God Who Finds Us, Part 2

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 15:11-32 When they were still a long way off, the parent saw them. Their heart pounding, they ran out, embraced the child, and kissed them. (Verse 20)

The God Who Finds Us

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 15:1-10 Count on it — there’s more joy in heaven over one sinner’s rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. (Verse 7)

Are You Available?

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 14:25-33 Simply put, if you’re not willing to take what is dearest to you, whether plans or people, and kiss it good-bye, you can’t be my disciple. (Verse 33)

A Cheese Sandwich

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 12:32-40 Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bank robbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. (Verses 33-34)

A Place for Every Voice and Every Role

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 10:38-42 The Master said, “Martha, dear Martha, you’re fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it — it’s the main course, and won’t be taken from her.” (Verses 41-42)

Who Is My Neighbor in 2025?

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 10:25-37 “What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, “Go and do the same.” (Verses 36-37)