Category: Sermons

The Test and Reward of True Faith (Matthew 9:27–31)

How often do we ask anyone to tell us our blind spots? Usually we don’t want people to tell us our blind spots. So it’s usually the hard knocks of life that show us our blind spots, if were even paying attention, and even then we may not realize it…

Two blind men want Jesus to open their eyes. But Jesus knows that PHYSICAL eyesight is NOT their greatest need… Their greatest need is SPIRITUAL eyesight… To be able to see with the eyes of FAITH!

Sermon for Sunday, June 7, 2020. AUDIO | TEXT PDF

‘Do not be afraid, only believe’

Sermon for May 31st, 2020. Lessons 13 in a series on the Miracles of Jesus.

In Luke 8:41-56 We See Two Very Different People––Seeking the Same Savior.

• Jarius had twelve years of sunshine that were about to be extinguished –– This woman had twelve years of agony that seemed hopeless to heal.
• Jarius was an important man, the ruler of the synagogue ––The woman was a nobody, lost in the crowd.
• Jarius was a successful man & probably had money –– The woman was poor because she spent all her money on doctors.
• Jarius came publicly, but his daughter was raised secretly––The woman came secretly, but was healed publicly.

They were very different but had 3 things in common:
1. They Had Tried Everything Else –– Nothing Worked…
2. In Desperation They Went to Christ in Faith…
3. Jesus Responded to them Personally…

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The Power and Compassion of Christ (Luke 8:41-48)

Sermon for May 24, 2020. Thank you for joining this sermon series on the Miracles of Jesus. This is week 9 of the COVID-19 Coronavirus quarantine. I pray that you are safe and healthy and that we will weather this storm by trusting in God who is in control.

It Has Been Said, that Jesus Broke Up Every Funeral He Ever Attended!
And He’s on His way to breaking up another funeral! Jarius’ daughter is dying––and by the time Jesus arrives, she has already died. But Jesus will not let death have the last say.

Over and over in the life of Christ we see Him restoring what was lost in the paradise Garden of Eden. Sin entered the garden, and with sin came separation from God:
• God is Life –– separation from God brings disease and death.
• God is Light –– separation from God brings darkness.
• God is love –– separation from God brings hatred, violence, division into the world.

But Jesus brings Life, Light and Love –– into this broken world. And on His way to raising Jarius’ daughter, something extraordinary happens!

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‘Peace Be Sill’

Sermon for Sunday, May 17, 2020. It was evening (v.35) and a fierce storm has hit while Jesus and the disciples are crossing the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Galilee is 682 ft. below sea level, surrounded on the east & west by hills that rise as high as 2000 ft. above sea level. Intersected by plains and gorges that function as funnels for the velocity of wind. And when the perfect conditions converge––it creates the perfect storm!

We all face storms in life and some of them are terrifying. But we are not alone in the storm, Jesus has the power to calm the storm and bring peace (Mark 4:35-41).

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Photo credit: Matthew Smith, who captured the incredible moment when lightning struck down from a vibrant rainbow during a beautiful sunset in Boca Grande, Florida.

Jesus’ Gift to a Weeping Mother

Sermon for Sunday May 10. Lesson 10 in a series on the miracles of Jesus.

It has been said that tears are words that cannot be spoken.
“What happens to our tears? We wipe them away… We assume they evaporate somewhere into the great universe.” (Lowell F Johnson)
But the Bible tells us what happens to the tears of God’s children:
“You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle;
Are they not in Your book? (Psalm 56:8)
The Lord cares –– He Knows every tear that is shed, and the reason for every tear.
In our text today (Luke 7:11-17) the Lord sees the tears of a mother, and tells her “weep not.” Then He gives her a gift to take her tears away––her son alive from the dead!

“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”

3 John 2

Dear brothers and sisters,
It is week 7 of the Covid-19 coronavirus quarantine. Isolation is never easy, and this has been difficult for all of us. You are in my heart and my prayers, and I hope you are healthy in mind and spirit. I pray that we can assemble with one another soon to worship God together. During this time be sure to remember there is a river that flows from the throne of God, that makes glad the city of God (Psalm 46). Nothing that happens to us on earth will ever change that fact––that God is on His throne and He is in control.
Your fellow servant, Bill Turner

A Widow’s Son is Raised

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