Gentle Spirit Christian Church

The Promise

Sixth Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 14:23-31
That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left — feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught. (Verse 27)

Do You Love Me?

Third Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 21:1-19
Then he said it a third time: “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” (Verse 17)

What God Has Done

Easter Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 16:1-8
The cross is the standing statement of what we do to one another and to ourselves. The resurrection is the standing statement of what God does to us in return. (Richard Rohr)

The Only Command of Jesus

Palm Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 15:11-17
This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. (Verses 12-14)

Loving Ourselves

Fourth Sunday in Lent Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Philippians 1:9-11
So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. (Verse 9)

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)