The Anatomy of Temptation by Rev. L. John GableMarch 1, 2020 During this season of Lent we are going to be looking at the “little sins” in our lives that have “big consequences” and as a prelude to that  I would like to talk with you this morning about what I am...

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            The spiritual we are looking at this morning, Give Me Jesus, speaks of both the comfort and security of a life in Christ and the cry of a disciple’s heart.  While the spirituals are a particular genre of American music birthed out of the African American...

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Shall We Gather at the River by Rev. L. John GableFebruary 2, 2020             Music has always been central to the life of faith.  Every worshiping community in every time and place and culture has used music to celebrate, enrich and express its experience of God. ...

A Church IN the World by Rev. L. John GableJanuary 26, 2020             This morning we conclude a short series of sermons concerning the Church’s role and responsibility in relation to the world in which we live.  To bring us up to speed, in week one, two weeks ago,...

A Church TO the WorldJanuary 19, 2020 by Rev. L. John Gable            We have been talking about the Church’s role and responsibility, as the recipients and successors of Jesus’ ministry, in relation to the world in which we live.  Last week, in a message titled “A...

A Church for the World by Rev. L. John GableJanuary 12, 2020 These past two weeks Oscar has helped us bridge the two decades and enter into the new year by looking at the opening volley of Jesus’ ministry in Luke 4 where we hear Him reading from the prophet Isaiah,...

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The WHEN of Christmas by Rev. L. John GableDecember 22, 2019             There is an old saying, “Timing is everything.”  Now, you won’t find it in the Bible, but it is a Biblical truth that lies right at the heart of the Christmas story as it answers the “when”...

The WHERE of Christmas by Rev. L. John GableDecember 15, 2019             To quote a good friend and fellow Tab member, Alan McKenzie, retired English professor at Purdue, “Every story has a geography and the better you understand the geography the better you...

The WHO of Christmas by Rev. L. John Gable December 8, 2019 (John appears.  Stretches and washes his face in the Jordan River.  Looks up and sees the crowd.  Talking, as if to himself or to God.) Already?  They are here already this morning?  The crowds are coming...

Watch the video of this sermon here. The WHAT of Christmas by Rev. L. John GableDecember 1, 2019             Every good story has a “who, what, where, when and why” aspect to it and the Christmas story is no exception!  During the weeks of Advent, this season of...

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Watch a video of the sermon on YouTube.A Glimpse of the Kingdom by Rev. L. John GableNovember 17, 2019            The first recorded words we hear Jesus speak as He begins His public ministry are these: “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near;...

Watch a video of the sermon on YouTube.Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 5 by Rev. L. John GableNovember 10, 2019            This morning we conclude our series on the Ten Commandments: “Rules for Kingdom Living”.  We have seen that these laws, given long ago by God to...

Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 3October 27, 2019             A study was conducted in which a group of children were put in a large, open field to see what they would do and how they would play.  Surprisingly, the children, for the most part, stayed near the center of...

Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 2 by Rev. L. John GableOctober 20, 2019             This morning we continue our series on the 10 Commandments titled “Rules for Kingdom Living.”  We are looking at a body of laws and instructions given nearly 3500 years ago by Yahweh,...

Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 1 by Rev. L. John GableOctober 13, 2019            “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  You shall have no other gods before Me.”  So begins the prologue to the Decalogue, the...

So, How Are We to Live? by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 29 , 2019            We come to the end of a series of sermons I have loosely referred to as “About Being Presbyterian” because they have been based on the information we discuss with our new members in our...

Reformed and Always Reforming by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 22, 2019            We are continuing this morning in what has become an expanding series of sermons I am loosely calling “About Being Presbyterian”.  We have been discussing, not just who we are as a...

A Place to Stand by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 15, 2019             We find ourselves rather unexpectedly in the middle of a short series of messages which might appropriately be called “About Being Presbyterian”.  I say “unexpectedly” because as I mentioned last...

The Bill of (Presbyterian) Rights by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 8, 2019            I think it is important to give credit where credit is due, so I give credit today to Oscar for suggesting this sermon and short series.  Each time we offer an Inquirer’s class we...

Go Back to Bethel by Rev. L. John GableAugust 25, 2019            I have confessed to you before that I am directionally-impaired.  When Kris and I are driving somewhere and we get disoriented we have learned that if my instinct is to turn right then we are best to...

Chameleon for Christ by Rev. L. John GableAugust 11, 2019            I’d like to give you an insight in to a dilemma every pastor I know encounters from time to time, at what point when meeting someone new do you  disclose that you are a pastor?  I know I have told...