Gentle Spirit Christian Church

Fourth Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Ephesians 5:8-16 You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So, no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it. (Verses 8-10)

Second Sunday in Lent | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 3:16-18 This is how much God loved the world: God gave God’s Son, the 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 this Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. (Verse 4)

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for. (Verse 7)

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 17:11-19 Jesus said, “Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?” Then he said to him, “Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you.” (Verses 17-19)

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 15:11-32 When they were still a long way off, the parent saw them. Their heart pounding, they ran out, embraced the child, and kissed them. (Verse 20)

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 15:1-10 Count on it — there’s more joy in heaven over one sinner’s rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. (Verse 7)

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 14:25-33 Simply put, if you’re not willing to take what is dearest to you, whether plans or people, and kiss it good-bye, you can’t be my disciple. (Verse 33)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 12:32-40 Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bank robbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. (Verses 33-34)

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 10:38-42 The Master said, “Martha, dear Martha, you’re fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it — it’s the main course, and won’t be taken from her.” (Verses 41-42)

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Luke 10:25-37 “What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, “Go and do the same.” (Verses 36-37)