Gentle Spirit Christian Church

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)

The Shalom of God

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 5:21-43 Jesus said to her, “Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague.” (Verse 34)

Sit Down and Take a Breath

Second Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 2:23-3:6 Then Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren’t made to serve the Sabbath. The Son of Man is no yes-man to the Sabbath. He’s in charge!” (Verse 28)

The Long Goodbye

Seventh Sunday of Easter | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 17:6-19

More Than a Command

Sixth Sunday of Easter | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 15:9-17
But remember the root command: Love one another. (Verse 17)

Abiding in Love

Fifth Sunday of Easter | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 15:1-8
Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. (Verse 4)

Free To Forgive

Second Sunday of Easter | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 20:19-31
Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” he said. “If you forgive someone’s sins, they’re gone for good. If you don’t forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?” (Verses 22-23)

Unfinished Stories and New Beginnings

Easter Sunday | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner | Reading: Mark 6:1-8
They got out as fast as they could, beside themselves, their heads swimming. Stunned, they said nothing to anyone. (Verse 8)