4 sermons / August 7–August 28 2016 / John Pierce
“For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost."
Luke 19:10
1 sermon / July 31, 2016 / Keith Pierce
“Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,"
Acts 2:46
3 sermons / July 10-July 24, 2016 / David Gushee
“As you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.”
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3 sermons / June 19-July 3, 2016 / Bob Williamson, David Gushee
“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:13-14
4 sermons / May 22-June 12, 2016 / Roger Paynter
“Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him."
Acts 10:34-35
5 sermons / Matthew 5:13-20 /April 10 – May 8, 2016 / Roger Paynter
"When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." — Matthew 5:1-2
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1 sermon / Matthew 5:1-12 /April 3, 2016 / Shelley Woodruff
“Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.” — Matthew 5:1-2
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1 sermon / Matthew 28 / March 27, 2016 / Roger Paynter
“The angel never says, ‘Jesus raised himself’
… rather, he says, ‘He has been raised.’
If we want a simple definition of God we can say,
‘God is the One who raised Jesus from the dead.’
There’s a major difference in the two.”
— Frederick Buechner
1 sermon / Matthew 26:14-16, 31-56 / March 20, 2016 / Roger Paynter
“Betrayal: To deliver an enemy by treachery; to fail or desert, especially in time of need; to disclose in violation of confidence.” — Dale Bruner
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1 sermon / Luke 15:1-10 / March 13, 2016 / Roger Paynter
“Religion is thought to be about what we are to do in order to somehow make connection with God; whether it’s to obey a set of rules or a law or live a certain life. Yet, the Bible continually makes this extremely odd counter-claim, counterintuitive response. God is seeking us, it says. God….who is inconceivably beyond us, moves and probes and reaches for us.” — Roger Paynter
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1 sermon / Luke 14:1, 7-14 / March 6, 2016 / Roger Paynter
“The Heavenly Banquet Table is that place where we couldn’t possibly guess the seating arrangement if our lives depended on it….and guess what, they do!” — Patrick Willson
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1 sermon / Mark 1:9-15 / February 28, 2016 / Roger Paynter
"We need not only the strength to defer a decision;
we also need the strength to make a decision." — T.S. Eliot
1 sermon / John 3:1-17 / February 21, 2016 / Roger Paynter
"What Jesus meant by flesh is the person disrupted; what Jesus meant by Spirit is the person restored." — Paul Tournier
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1 sermon / Mark 6:1-13 / February 7, 2016 / Roger Paynter
“The peculiar grace of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit in it.” — Thomas Merton
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1 sermon / January 31, 2016 / Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray
"Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth." 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
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1 sermon / January 24, 2016 / Roger Paynter
"Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, ‘What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!’" Mark 1:23-24
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1 sermon / January 17, 2016 / Roger Paynter
"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, ..." Philippians 2:9
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1 sermon / January 10, 2016 / Roger Paynter
"Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last." Luke 13:30
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5 sermons / November 27 - December 27, 2015 / Peter Rhea Jones, David Gushee and Roger Paynter
"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6
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10 sermons / September 13-November 22, 2015 / guest preachers
"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place." Acts 2:1
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