Gentle Spirit Christian Church

Real Wisdom

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 3:17-18
Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.

You Know What To Do

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.

God Means What God Says

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Mark 10:17-31
Jesus was blunt: "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you let God do it." (Verse 27)

You Are Selected

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: James 2:1-10
The kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God. (Verse 5b)

Take Action

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: James 1:17-27
Act on what you hear! (Verse 23)

The Ultimate Metaphor

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 6:51-58
I’m telling you the most solemn and sober truth now: Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life. I am the Bread of Life. (Verse 47)

Tinctures of Truth in the Tincture of Time

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Ephesians 4:17-5:2
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. (Verses 1-2)

When We Are Overwhelmed

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 6:1-21
Philip answered, “Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.” (Verse 7)

Miracles, Again?

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
And whoever touched Jesus became well. (Verse 56b)

The Man Who Wrote Twice

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 8:1-11
Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, "The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone." Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt. (Verses 6-8)