Gentle Spirit Christian Church

I Love a Parade

Palm Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 19:28-40
They brought the colt to Jesus. Then, throwing their coats on its back, they helped Jesus get on. As he rode, the people gave him a grand welcome, throwing their coats on the street. (Verses 35-36)

Priorities

Fifth Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 12:1-8
"Why wasn't this [expensive foot] oil sold and the money given to the poor? It would have easily brought three hundred silver pieces." Jesus said, "Let her alone. She's anticipating and honoring the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you. You don't always have me." (Verses 5-8)

Give It Another Year

Third Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 13:1-9
Unless you turn to God, you will die... The gardener said, "Let’s give it another year. I’ll dig around it and fertilize, and maybe it will produce next year; if it doesn’t, then chop it down." (Verses 5-9)

There’s Not Enough?

Second Sunday in Lent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 9:12-17

Trouble or Blessings?

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 6:17-26
Count yourself blessed every time someone cuts you down or throws you out, every time someone smears or blackens your name to discredit me... There’s trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what indulges them. (Verses 22 and 26)

Ask Not What Your Church Can Do For You

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Rev Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 4:21-30
That set everyone in the meeting place seething with anger. They threw him out, banishing him from the village, then took him to a mountain cliff at the edge of the village to throw him to his doom, but he gave them the slip and was on his way. (Verses 28-30)

What Should We Do?

Third Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Luke 3:7-18
And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” He said to them, “Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you.” Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.” (Verses 10-14)

Paying Attention to the Signs

First Sunday of Advent Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Luke 21:25-26
Don’t brush this off: I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too — these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out. (Verse 33)

Faith Versus Works

Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: James 2:14-26
The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. (Verse 26)

The Hard Sayings of Jesus: She Gave Her All

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
All the others gave what they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford — she gave her all. (Mark 12:44)