Gentle Spirit Christian Church

The Real Less Traveled Road

Third Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 5:1-12
You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are — no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. (Verse 5)

What’s Better?

Second Sunday in Lent Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Mark 12:29-34
And loving God… Why, that’s better than all offerings and sacrifices put together! (Verse 33)

We Have Seen Love

First Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:8-14
Believe me: I am in my Creator and my Creator is in me. If you can’t believe that, believe what you see — these works. (Verse 11)

Because You Are Loved

First Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
And along with the Spirit, a voice: “You are my Child, chosen and marked by my love, pride of my life.” (Verse 22)

Will 2022 Be Different?

Second Sunday after Christmas Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 1:1-18
No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Heavenly Parent, has made God plain as day. (Verse 18)

Dealing With the Things of God

First Sunday after Christmas Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Luke 2:41-52
Didn’t you know that I had to be here, dealing with the things of my Creator? (Verse 49b)

Real Love

Third Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 3:16-18
This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his 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 his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

The Ultimate Promise

Second Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:1-4
Don’t let this rattle you. You trust God, don’t you? Trust me. There is plenty of room for you in my Creator’s home. If that weren’t so, would I have told you that I’m on my way to get a room ready for you? And if I’m on my way to get your room ready, I’ll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I’m taking.

What Shall We Say

First Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Romans 8:31-39
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. (Verses 38-39)

Cornerstone #3

Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 25:31-40
Then those ‘sheep’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me — you did it to me.’ (Verses 37-40)